ROY G BIV (2022)

ROY G BIV recreates sic a gallery in the Philadelphia Museum of Artthe Artists hometown museumthat houses sculptures by Constantin Brancusi Da Corte plays four characters in the video the artist Marcel Duchamp Duchamps female alter ego Rrose Sélavy Duchamp dressed as the Joker in Tim Burtons 1989 film Batman and one of two figures in Brancusis sculpture The Kiss 1916 who comes to life via stop motion animation The accumulation of color and eventual emancipation of The Kiss is central to this story of love loss and transformation Overview courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art