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Title
Calendar 2000
Artist
Claude Closky
Date
January 1-December 31, 2000
Location
Online

Object Details

Type
Media Arts (Internet Art)
Credit Line
Commissioned by Gallery 9/Walker Art Center.

overview Calendar 2000 , June 2000

Walker curator Philippe Vergne recently asked French artist Claude Closky if he would rather spend his vacation in Corpus Christi with Andy Warhol or in Bali with Naomi Campbell, and why. Closky’s answer was, “As Neiman Marcus® says: ‘Art provides great table conversation,’ but as Clairol® advises, ‘I will follow my Natural Instincts®’ and invite Naomi to come with me to Bali.” The artist’s latest project, Calendar 2000, is an online “meme-a-day” calendar. He culled the popular press to bring you memorable trademarked advice each and every day of the year 2000.

Walker Art Center Calendar, Calendar 2000, June 2000.

Walker Art Center, 2000.

interview Interview with Claude Closky , December 1999

Philippe Vergne: Would you rather spend vacation in Corpus Christi (Texas) with Andy Warhol or in Bali with Naomi Campbell, and why?

Claude Closky: As Neiman Marcus® says: “Art provides great table conversation”, but as Clairol® advises: “I will follow my "Natural Instincts®” and invite Naomi to come with me to Bali.

PV: Would you wear a Gucci suit with cowboy boots or a tennis shorts with Prada shoes and why?

CC: It’s a difficult choice, because as Sears® teaches us: “Being in style can be very rewarding”, and as Coty® reminds us: “Every man wants success by day and by night”.

PV: Do you believe in high and low?

CC: I believe in ultra-high hydration cream and extra-low calorie yogurt.

PV: The eighties are coming back, so what do you fear the most about that?

CC: I am afraid that “Beauty is timeless,” as Max Factor® puts it, and that “Tomorrow never dies.” as Omega® predicts!

PV: Duchamp, Picasso, Matisse, or Schaparelli?

CC: I have to admit I have spent more time lately with Rose, Blanche, Dorothy and Sophia of the “Golden Girls.”

Philippe Vergne, Interview with Claude Closky, December 1999. Walker Art Center Visual Arts Curator Philippe Vergne interviewed Claude Closky via email in the waning days of the millennium.

Walker Art Center, 1999. First published by Gallery 9/Walker Art Center for Calendar 2000 by Claude Closky.