Marcel Duchamp pulls faces at capitalism while Claes Oldenburg loses his mind—42 minutes of beautiful nonsense.
Produced over several years between 1962 and 1967, Grimaces shows the faces of over a hundred artists, gallery owners and critics grimacing to the camera.
Direction
Erró's anarchic experiment in anti-filmmaking as collective act.
Acting
Duchamp and Oldenburg competing for most unserious legend.
Production
Five years of accumulated art world ego, beautifully preserved.
Director
Erró
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot across Fluxus gatherings and New York happenings, capturing a movement that rejected 'serious' art by being deliberately unserious.
Taylor Mead's appearance links this to Warhol's Factory—underground cinema's two rivers crossing. The grimace as radical democratic gesture: anyone can do it, no skill required.
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