Cory Arcangel

More Details, 2012

Performance

High-end sports car (Mercedes, Ferrari, etc, etc), loose candy (tic-tacs, etc, etc)

Courtesy of Cory Arcangel

© Cory Arcangel

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Colonialen Storhaug, Hjelmelandsgata 1, 4012 Stavanger, Norway

8pm - 11/06/25

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Cory Arcangel’s More Details stages a fleeting yet biting intervention into the world of luxury and consumption. In this performance, a handful of candies—Fisherman's Friend, in the case of Stavanger Secession—are casually tossed beneath the seat of a high-end sports car— such as a Mercedes or Ferrari. The act transforms a symbol of wealth into a site of trivial, almost childish excess, evoking themes of ‘candy capitalism’ and the incentive of consumer culture’s infantilization. Originally conceived for a MOCA LA exhibition curated by Mike D., More Details critiques the art world’s complicity in status games, revealing the absurdity of material indulgence and the allure of playful vice.

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