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Brion Nuda Rosch — All with a Fucking Smile Upon my Face
Brion Nuda Rosch

All with a Fucking Smile Upon my Face

2012

Brion Nuda Rosch's All with a Fucking Smile Upon my Face is a provocative found object work that layers textual and visual elements from discarded book pages. The piece combines two found book pages in a conceptual assemblage that interrogates language, identity, and emotional performativity. Rosch's use of everyday detritus transforms mundane materials into a commentary on authenticity and social expectation. The title itself, with its emphatic language, suggests a tension between outward presentation and inner experience. This work exemplifies the artist's approach to appropriation and material recontextualization.

Medium
Found book page on found book page, book
Sheet
Framed

Notes

From Emily Friedman Fine Art 'Works under 20K' catalog.

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Brion Nuda Rosch, All with a Fucking Smile Upon my Face, 2012

Brion Nuda Rosch's All with a Fucking Smile Upon my Face is a provocative found object work that layers textual and visual elements from discarded book pages. The piece combines two found book pages in a conceptual assemblage that interrogates language, identity, and emotional performativity. Rosch's use of everyday detritus transforms mundane materials into a commentary on authenticity and social expectation. The title itself, with its emphatic language, suggests a tension between outward presentation and inner experience. This work exemplifies the artist's approach to appropriation and material recontextualization.

Medium
Found book page on found book page, book
Dimensions
sheet: 32 x 24.13 cm • framed: 36.2 x 29.84 cm
Year
2012
Seen at
Emily Friedman Fine Art

Related themes

Assemblage, Bold, Interdisciplinary, Deconstruction, Conceptual, American, Identity, Found Object, Mixed Media, Conceptual Realism, Collage, Literary, Emotional, Social Commentary, Textural, Language, Text Based Art, Appropriation, Narrative, Contemporary Art, Books, Book Art, Found Objects, Performative, Contemporary

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