Parreno’s most famous work was his ‘Zidane, A 21st Centaury Portrait’, which, to be honest I wasn’t all that impressed with. The idea of ‘modernising’ the traditional painted portrait is a good one.
But if you sit down to watch it like a film you’ll be disappointed. I think it would have worked much better if I’d seen it in a gallery setting. Not on DVD on a Saturday night.
(Indecently, this idea was originally produced by an artist in 1971, using George Best at Coventry.)
However, his installations that are now on show soon look interesting. Below are a few examples.
If you want to see more, get yourself down to the Serpentine, London W2, from 25th November to 13th February.
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