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We Overfeed Our Heroes Until They Explode. A public artwork forty years in the making

Bengtsen, Peter LU orcid (2024)
Abstract
Text discussing the 40-year history of the artwork We Overfeed Our Heroes Until They Explode. Originally created as an unsanctioned stencil painting by American artists John Fekner and Don Leicht in Lund, Sweden, in 1984, the work was recently revisited by Fekner together with American artist Brad Downey as part of a commissioned art project for LundART. A central point raised in the text is the differences between unsanctioned street art and commissioned public art, as We Overfeed Our Heroes... has so far transitioned from the former to the latter during its lifetime.
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publication status
published
subject
keywords
John Fekner, Brad Downey, Don Leicht, street art, public art, LundART, Lunds konsthall, Lund, Lund City Hall, stencil art, public art machine
host publication
Dates Doors Then ＆ More
editor
Aspeklev, Elin ; Bengtsen, Peter and Nacking, Åsa
publisher
Lunds konsthall
ISBN
978-91-88353-35-1
language
English
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yes
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8a7f267f-1de3-4501-aa35-9dab736277d8
date added to LUP
2023-09-07 21:32:53
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2025-04-04 15:15:53
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  abstract     = {{Text discussing the 40-year history of the artwork <i>We Overfeed Our Heroes Until They Explode</i>. Originally created as an unsanctioned stencil painting by American artists John Fekner and Don Leicht in Lund, Sweden, in 1984, the work was recently revisited by Fekner together with American artist Brad Downey as part of a commissioned art project for LundART. A central point raised in the text is the differences between unsanctioned street art and commissioned public art, as <i>We Overfeed Our Heroes...</i> has so far transitioned from the former to the latter during its lifetime.}},
  author       = {{Bengtsen, Peter}},
  booktitle    = {{Dates Doors Then ＆ More}},
  editor       = {{Aspeklev, Elin and Bengtsen, Peter and Nacking, Åsa}},
  isbn         = {{978-91-88353-35-1}},
  keywords     = {{John Fekner; Brad Downey; Don Leicht; street art; public art; LundART; Lunds konsthall; Lund; Lund City Hall; stencil art; public art machine}},
  language     = {{eng}},
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  publisher    = {{Lunds konsthall}},
  title        = {{<i>We Overfeed Our Heroes Until They Explode</i>. A public artwork forty years in the making}},
  year         = {{2024}},
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