Serious Farce
Date: 1998
Region: North America
Subject: Explicit Sexuality, Political/Economic/Social Opinion
Medium: Performance Art Film Video Design
Artist: Chang Wan Wee
Confronting Bodies: Concordia University, The Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery
Date of Action: Summer 1998
Location: Montreal
Description of Artwork: Summer 1998 Chang Wan Wee advertised a non existent exhibition called Serious Farce in Montreal.
The Incident: Concordia University and The Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery threatened legal action against the artist.
Results of Incident: The university requred a series of letters of apology to be sent.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=numcbsQh_qQ
Source: Valerio Marques, collaboration. http://youtube.com/watch?v=numcbsQh_qQ