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Road trip masterminded by Cedric Christie makes stop at Basel

Each of the twelve motorists have been assigned a vehicle restored by Christie, their route incorporating a series of art fairs

The Art Newspaper
31 May 2007
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An artistic motorcade has hit town in the form of English artist Cedric Christie’s 12-car work of art which has journeyed from Shoreditch in East London and is on a Basel stopover en route for Documenta. Entitled History and driven by a motley crew which includes artist Gavin Turk, Christie himself and actor, writer and rock icon Richard Strange (who bought himself a special wig for the occasion), each vehicle represents one of the 12 Documentas, and depicts a selection of the participating artists’ names which are emblazoned, Formula One style, in logo form. Gilbert & George, for example, appear in the mode of Mastercard, Andy Warhol is in a style reminiscent of American Express and Jeff Wall’s name bears a strong similarity to Barclaycard. The convoy sets off on the final leg of its art tour from Messeplatz at 3pm today, and will remain parked at Documenta until Saturday.

Originally appeared in The Art Newspaper as 'Crash out art comes to Basel'

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