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Michael Druks
° 1940
Born in Jerusalem (), lives in London ().
The Israeli-born British artist Michael Druks enjoyed a brief period of international fame during the late sixties and early seventies as a media activist avant la letter; works from this pivotal period in art were acquired by the Gordon Matta-Clark Foundation towards the end of seventies. “Reordering of Communication: Forgery/Action” from 1973 consists of six photo panels that document Druks’ repeated performative attempts at silencing the ubiquitous talking heads on television; these were the glory years of televised politics. In “Reordering of Communication Action: Making Him Smoke, Making Him Drink” Druks even resorts to the use of both alcohol and nicotine to stem the gushing tide of vacuous political babble – it remains an open, unanswerable question who won, in the end.
Works
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Reordering of Communication: Forgery/Action , 1973
Michael Druks
Installation , adhesive letters, photographs, bristolpaper
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Reordering of communication forgery nº4 making him peep , 1973
Michael Druks
Photography , adhesive letters, photographs, bristolpaper , 95 x 73 cm
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Reordering of communication action, making him smoke making him drink , 1973
Michael Druks
Photography , adhesive letters, photographs, bristolpaper , 54 x 79.5 cm
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Reordering of communication forgery nº 2 making her peep , 1973
Michael Druks
Photography , adhesive letters, photographs, bristolpaper , 79.5 x 54.5 cm
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Reordering of communication forgery nº 1 making him peep , 1973
Michael Druks
Photography , adhesive letters, photographs, bristolpaper , 79.5 x 54.5 cm
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Reordering of communication action shut-up , 1973
Michael Druks
Photography , adhesive letters, photographs, bristolpaper , 79.5 x 55 cm
