Jani Leinonen
JANI LEINONEN, "ASSASSINATION OF NESQUIK BUNNY WITH COLT M1911 & M4".
Art print in glass frame and bullet holes 96x130 cm.
Provenance
Galerie Gmurzynska. Prominent private collection.
Exhibitions
"I want to become so famous that Damien Hirst's mother knows me." Galerie Gmurzynska
April 9 – June 4, 2011
Literature
"Jani Leinonen, Book nr. 1", ed. Sarah Hudson, Helsinki 2012. Illustrated on page 68.
More information
“After Andy Warhol was shot he got out of the hospital and went back to his studio to find that one of his prints had also been pierced by the bullet. That would be the Warhol artwork I would most like to own. The bullet went first through his body and then through his art. It’s such a dramatic event in his life – real life brutally piercing art. I could hardly think of a more cataclysmic event and it had a huge impact on my art. This is where these works stemmed from. There’s also this idea of what happens to designer perfection after a violent event – it leaves marks.”
-Jani Leinonen, "Jani Leinonen, Book nr. 1", ed. Sarah Hudson, Helsinki 2012.