Performance Shuttered in NYC: “The Assassination of Hillary Clinton/The Assassination of Barack Obama”
Via Artforum:
“A controversial performance-art exhibit titled “The Assassination of Hillary Clinton/The Assassination of Barack Obama” was shut down by police in Manhattan this morning and the artist was interviewed by police and released without charge, reports Mark Crudele on ABC.com. The Boston-born performance artist Yazmany Arboleda set up his exhibition at a vacant storefront and wrote THE ASSASSINATION OF HILLARY CLINTON/THE ASSASSINATION OF BARACK OBAMA in white stenciled letters on the front window. New York police officers and secret-service agents quickly shut down the exhibition. Arboleda was taken to the Midtown South police precinct for an interview. The exhibition was to open tomorrow and run all day.”
Thought: Would San Francisco have reacted any differently to this performance than they did to the Adel Abdessemed exhibition? I’m going to vote “yes.”
