Artist : Ian Burn (Australia; United States of America, b.1939, d.1993), P Rea Title : Date : 1993 Medium Description: oil, ink, wood, Perspex Dimensions : Credit Line : Rudy Komon Memorial Fund 2003 Image Credit Line : Accession Number : 75.2003

Ian Burn (b. 1929, Australia – d. 1993)
Value-added landscape No.11, 1993

An interesting way to re-work somebody else’s work that relates to my Colaboration series where I am doing the same by different means.

I am not sure I care that much for professional-amateur distinction that Burn emphasises, but rather embracing the implication that a work is never totally finally decisively complete. There is always room – chance – possibility of future changes generative of new meanings. Be it due to a deliberate physical modification, natural decay, re-contextualisation or re-interpretation. I guess, that is given, but my point is that when some artists (and artworld institutions) are working hard to preserve their works as complete and stable for the rest of eternity, I rather embrace and encourage constant change.