Concha Jerez

AUTHOR	CONCHA JEREZ
TITLE	MENTAL PORTRAIT OF MARCEL DUCHAMP I
DATE	1988
TECHNIQUE	Mixed piece
EDITION	Unique word
PROPERTY	Contemporary Art Collection FUNDACIÓN LA CAIXA
DIMENSIONS	201 x 150 x 10 cm
MATERIALS	Intervened window with black permanent marker
CONCEPT	This piece has its origin in Concha Jerez’s development of her concept of MENTAL PORTRAIT, centred on the name of the person portrayed, as the most integrating idea in her mental definition.
DESCRIPTION	To do so, the author draws the letters of that name on a single support -as is the case in this piece-, or in as many supports as letters has the name of the person mentally portrayed.
EXHIBITIONS
OTHER INFORMATION	This piece gives rise to two other pieces entitled: MENTAL PORTRAIT OF MARCEL DUCHAMP 2 (1991), where it uses an aluminium door as a support and the letters are drawn on the glass with a silver permanent marker and MENTAL PORTRAIT OF MARCEL DUCHAMP 3 (2009). In this third version, the support used is an aluminium door lacquered in white and the letters of the name are drawn on the glass with a white permanent marker. Unlike the previous ones, in this third version, the letters appear vertically on one side in the form of a sum.