- Jim Avignon
Jim Avignon (born c. 1967) is a contemporary German
pop artist . A lauded and much-respected cult figure in the Techno subculture inBerlin . Currently he lives and works inWilliamsburg, Brooklyn andBerlin .Jim Avignon was born Christian Reisz. He started painting when he was 21 years old, exhibiting in techno clubs. His ideas on art were very clear: "I'd rather sell a thousand images for one dollar, than one image for a thousand dollars." He demonstrated his commitment to this philosophy when he exhibited his work in
Frankfurt in 1995: the public was allowed to take any of the 800 originals on display home for free. This exhibition was aptly named "Get Rich With Art". At a 1992 exhibition inKassel , he created one painting each day only to destroy it in the evening. A documentary was made about the exhibition, called "Destroy Art Galleries". Jim Avignon has proven himself a prolific, provocative and highly original artist. Two of his books are: "Popbones" (1996) and "Busy" (with DAG, 1998).External links
* [http://jimavignon.com Homepage Jim Avignon]
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