“Two main groups like to drop the readymade bomb—galleries and art historians. Galleries love to drop the Duchamp brand because dealers can try to convince clients of an artist’s worth just by mentioning the mouthwatering response readymade. Most Art Historians aren’t interested in what artists are making in Bushwick studios, most of whom rarely wake up with Duchamp on the brain.”
— Paddy Johnson is dropping truth bombs
![Ivan Navarro, Nowhere Man 1, 2009
Phillip Niemeyer of Double Triple asked me yesterday why Ivan Navarro’s Nowhere Man 1 [pictured above] isn’t a work of plagiarism. I don’t have a sufficient defense. Spotted at the Armory’s Modern fair last week, the title does not acknowledge its origins which are obviously derived from Otl Aicher’s 1972 Munich Olympics designs. Neither one of us was convinced that rendering the piece in neon sufficiently changed the work.
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Paddy Johnson asks a good question, Why isn’t Ivan Navarro’s Nowhere Man 1 plagiarism?](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kze1qrWjNf1qz849zo1_500.jpg)
Ivan Navarro, Nowhere Man 1, 2009
Phillip Niemeyer of Double Triple asked me yesterday why Ivan Navarro’s Nowhere Man 1 [pictured above] isn’t a work of plagiarism. I don’t have a sufficient defense. Spotted at the Armory’s Modern fair last week, the title does not acknowledge its origins which are obviously derived from Otl Aicher’s 1972 Munich Olympics designs. Neither one of us was convinced that rendering the piece in neon sufficiently changed the work.
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Paddy Johnson asks a good question, Why isn’t Ivan Navarro’s Nowhere Man 1 plagiarism?
