He’s attracted global media attention and criticism after vowing to destroy some of the world’s most precious artwork if Julian Assange dies in prison.
But Andrei Molodkin, the Russian dissident artist, has said he does not believe the works by Picasso, Rembrandt, Andy Warhol and others, which he will lock away in a safe with a corrosive substance this Friday, will actually be destroyed.
“I’m not trying to destroy art, and I don’t believe I will have to,” Molodkin told the Guardian, adding that the project, called Dead Man’s Switch, was itself a collaborative artwork like any sculpture or portrait.
He explained that the artwork will be put into plywood crates alongside the “dead man’s switch” – a pneumatic pump connecting two barrels, one with acid powder and the other with an accelerator that could cause a chemical reaction strong enough to turn the safe’s contents to debris within two hours.
Also included are works by artists such as Jasper Johns, Jannis Kounellis, Robert Rauschenberg, Jake Chapman, Andres Serrano, Santiago Sierra, Sarah Lucas, and Molodkin himself.
The Dead Man’s Switch project is backed by Assange’s wife, Stella, who has cited a report that CIA officials under Donald Trump requested “options” for killing the WikiLeaks founder.
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He’s attracted global media attention and criticism after vowing to destroy some of the world’s most precious artwork if Julian Assange dies in prison.
But Andrei Molodkin, the Russian dissident artist, has said he does not believe the works by Picasso, Rembrandt, Andy Warhol and others, which he will lock away in a safe with a corrosive substance this Friday, will actually be destroyed.
“I’m not trying to destroy art, and I don’t believe I will have to,” Molodkin told the Guardian, adding that the project, called Dead Man’s Switch, was itself a collaborative artwork like any sculpture or portrait.
He explained that the artwork will be put into plywood crates alongside the “dead man’s switch” – a pneumatic pump connecting two barrels, one with acid powder and the other with an accelerator that could cause a chemical reaction strong enough to turn the safe’s contents to debris within two hours.
Also included are works by artists such as Jasper Johns, Jannis Kounellis, Robert Rauschenberg, Jake Chapman, Andres Serrano, Santiago Sierra, Sarah Lucas, and Molodkin himself.
The Dead Man’s Switch project is backed by Assange’s wife, Stella, who has cited a report that CIA officials under Donald Trump requested “options” for killing the WikiLeaks founder.
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