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The Yes Men

Born in 1996 - United States

BIOGRAPHY

In 1993, Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno will meet during the formation of the collective RTMark. RTMark is known, in 1993, to have Exchange mailboxes of 300 Barbie dolls and G. I. Joe before the repair at the store. In 1996, they have managed to do add to the simulation game SimCopter (elapsed to 80,000 copies) of men kissing, in the nose and beard of the creative society Maxis.

Some time after, the two artists create THE YES MEN. ""Yes-man"" is an anglophone expression equivalent to french "yes-men". Under this name they flow performance, conferences, creations of internet site, objects satirical and humorous in the intended to make us aware of the world that we have created.

Beyond the simple and platform critical of liberalism, the lobbying of major American firms, etc. , THE YES MEN are striving to deliver us, for each of their works, a substantive analysis. These artists of the "hacking art" and their works could be summarized by these three words: universalistic, Neo-utopian and Identity.

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American Artists

EXHIBITIONS

2004
"Interventions”Mass MOCA (USA)
“The future of the Reciprocal Readymade », Apex Art, NYC (USA)
“Freedom Salon”Deitch Projects, NYC (USA)

2003
“Food Bomb”Peterborough Museum (USA)
“American Dream”Feldman Gallery, NYC (USA)
“Art during Wartime”Space Gallery, NYC (USA)

2001
“Conexion Remota”MACBA, Barcelone (Espagne)
“Digital Identity”Art Institute of Boston (USA)
“Tactical Embarrassment”Centre National d'art contemporain de Grenoble, (France)
International Center of photography, NYC (USA)
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary art, Connecticut (USA)
Halle für Kunst, Lünenburg (Allemagne)
Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, Londres (Angleterre)
Project Arts Center, Dublin (Irlande)
“Tactical Embrasement”49e Biennale de Venise curated by Harald Szeemann, 'Italie)

2000
Whitney Biennial, NYC (USA)
Maribor Art Gallery (Slovénie)
Mediaterra Festival, Athènes (Grèce)
“Vernaculars”Centre Pompidou, Paris (France)
“Art Entertainment Network”Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (USA)
Guggenheim Museum, NYC (USA)
Museum of the moving Image, NYC (USA)
Electronic Language Festival, Sao Paolo (Brésil)

1999
“Net Condition”ZKM, Karlsruhe (Allemagne)
“Ars Electronica”Linz (Autriche)
“Crash”ICA (Londres)

1998
“Ars Electronica”Linz (Autriche)