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'''Pierre Pinoncelli''' (15 April 1929 – 9 October 2021) was a French [[performance art|performance artist]], best known for damaging two of the eight copies of ''[[Fountain (Duchamp)|Fountain]]'' by [[Marcel Duchamp]] with a hammer, as a statement that the work had lost its provocative value. The most recent attack happened on January 4, 2006 at [[Centre Pompidou]] in Paris and the first at an exhibition in [[Nîmes]] on 25 August 1993, where he also urinated into it before using the hammer.<ref>{{cite web |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204113832/http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20060212191356996 |url=http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20060212191356996 |title=Pierre Pinoncelli: This man is not an artist |date=20 July 2015 |archivedate=4 December 2014}}, from [[The Independent]], by John Lichfield, published February 13 2006, retrieved April 23 2011 (archived at infoshop.org)</ref>
'''Pierre Pinoncelli''' (15 April 1929 – 9 October 2021) was a French [[performance art|performance artist]], best known for damaging two of the eight copies of ''[[Fountain (Duchamp)|Fountain]]'' by [[Marcel Duchamp]] with a hammer, as a statement that the work had lost its provocative value. The most recent attack happened on 4 January 2006 at [[Centre Pompidou]] in Paris and the first at an exhibition in [[Nîmes]] on 25 August 1993, where he also urinated into it before using the hammer.<ref>{{cite web |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204113832/http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20060212191356996 |url=http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20060212191356996 |title=Pierre Pinoncelli: This man is not an artist |date=20 July 2015 |archivedate=4 December 2014}}, from [[The Independent]], by John Lichfield, published 13 February 2006, retrieved 23 April 2011 (archived at infoshop.org)</ref>


Pinoncelli was born in [[Saint-Étienne, Loire]], France, in April 1929.
Pinoncelli was born in [[Saint-Étienne, Loire]], France, in April 1929.


He also thew a bottle of red ink over [[André Malraux]], the French minister of culture at the time; robbed a bank in [[Nice]] of 10 francs using a sawn-off shotgun; and cut the tip off one of his own fingers at an art exhibition in Colombia, V Festival de Performance de Cali, in protest at [[Farc|FARC guerillas]] holding the French-Colombian politician [[Íngrid Betancourt]] hostage.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/07/arts/design/07duch.html?_r=1 Conceptual Artist as Vandal: Walk Tall and Carry a Little Hammer (or Ax)] from [[the New York Times]], by Alan Riding, published January 7 2006, retrieved April 23 2011</ref>
He also thew a bottle of red ink over [[André Malraux]], the French minister of culture at the time; robbed a bank in [[Nice]] of 10 francs using a sawn-off shotgun; and cut the tip off one of his own fingers at an art exhibition in Colombia, V Festival de Performance de Cali, in protest at [[Farc|FARC guerillas]] holding the French-Colombian politician [[Íngrid Betancourt]] hostage.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/07/arts/design/07duch.html?_r=1 Conceptual Artist as Vandal: Walk Tall and Carry a Little Hammer (or Ax)] from [[the New York Times]], by Alan Riding, published 7 January 2006, retrieved 23 April 2011</ref>


Pinoncelli died on 9 October 2021, at the age of 92.<ref>[https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2021/10/18/pierre-pinoncelli-peintre-et-familier-des-happenings-est-mort_6098797_3382.html Pierre Pinoncelli, peintre et familier des happenings, est mort]</ref>
Pinoncelli died on 9 October 2021, at the age of 92.<ref>[https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2021/10/18/pierre-pinoncelli-peintre-et-familier-des-happenings-est-mort_6098797_3382.html Pierre Pinoncelli, peintre et familier des happenings, est mort]</ref>
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Revision as of 21:28, 21 October 2021

Pierre Pinoncelli (15 April 1929 – 9 October 2021) was a French performance artist, best known for damaging two of the eight copies of Fountain by Marcel Duchamp with a hammer, as a statement that the work had lost its provocative value. The most recent attack happened on 4 January 2006 at Centre Pompidou in Paris and the first at an exhibition in Nîmes on 25 August 1993, where he also urinated into it before using the hammer.[1]

Pinoncelli was born in Saint-Étienne, Loire, France, in April 1929.

He also thew a bottle of red ink over André Malraux, the French minister of culture at the time; robbed a bank in Nice of 10 francs using a sawn-off shotgun; and cut the tip off one of his own fingers at an art exhibition in Colombia, V Festival de Performance de Cali, in protest at FARC guerillas holding the French-Colombian politician Íngrid Betancourt hostage.[2]

Pinoncelli died on 9 October 2021, at the age of 92.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Pierre Pinoncelli: This man is not an artist". 20 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014., from The Independent, by John Lichfield, published 13 February 2006, retrieved 23 April 2011 (archived at infoshop.org)
  2. ^ Conceptual Artist as Vandal: Walk Tall and Carry a Little Hammer (or Ax) from the New York Times, by Alan Riding, published 7 January 2006, retrieved 23 April 2011
  3. ^ Pierre Pinoncelli, peintre et familier des happenings, est mort


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