il y a pas de fumée sans feu

Copyright artist(s) and courtesy argos

Artist(s)

Year

1989

Duration

00:02:56

Installation

Original format

S8

Color

col.

Color system

PAL

Availability

Collection
Vergara’s alter ego Straatman seems to be sitting on a compost heap. However, white smoke is escaping from underneath the white canvas, and eventually the canvas catches fire. The smoke refers to the work of Marcel Broodthaers, who frequently used smoke as a motif.