We had a chance to see the Steven Parrino show at the Palais De Tokyo. The late Parrino has a nice obsession with witty titling, presumably resulting from his penchant for comic book culture. Also, "no-wave" and punk rock music. Also, institutional critique.
The last two images in this sequence are called The Self Mutilation Bootleg 2 (The Open Grave), 1998-2003 and Romulus and Remus, 2004 respectively. The pieces are wonderful examples of his late fascination with our boy Smithson.
The Palais' retrospective text quotes the artist:
"Radicality comes from context and not necessarily form. The forms are radical in memory, by way of continuing the once radical, through extensions of its history. The avant-garde leaves a wake and, through mannerist force, continues forward. Even on the run, we sometime look over our shoulders, approaching art with intuition rather than strategy. Art of this kind is more cult than culture".