Amir Baradaran "Frenchising Mona Lisa"
Benrimon Contemporary
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Amir Baradaran announces his infiltration of the Louvre Museum on January 27th, 2011, with the permanent installation of his 52-second video performance streaming live over the image of Leonardo da Vinci’s portrait of Lisa Gherardini. Using an Augmented Reality (AR) Smartphone application, Frenchising Mona Lisa seeks to provoke notions of national identity, iconography, and curatorial practices within museums.
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Schedule
from January 27, 2011 to February 26, 2011
Opening Reception on 2011-01-27 from 17:00 to 21:00