Description: Immortal by Alan Vladusic is my second exhibition at Sotheby’s in New York. This is my way of investigating the kind of fame that never dies. John Lennon, Biggie, Tupac, Ghandi, JFK, Malcom X, Martin Luther King, Che Guevara – they’re all here as I remember them, posed halfway between living and dying.
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But here’s the catch about making it to the top. The more you achieve, the more famous you get, the bigger the target you become. This life you lead, this mythology you’ve built, it can’t protect you from the wrong bullet.
Except for certain extraordinary people, it turns out death is not the end. That bullet merely opens up another portal. Your death and the way it happens are a stepping stone to a new kind of fame that lasts forever.
Immortal is my way of investigating the kind of fame that never dies. John Lennon, Biggie, Tupac, Ghandi, JFK, Malcom X, Martin Luther King, Che Guevara – they’re all here as I remember them, posed halfway between living and dying.