FAX THE ART TO FIGHT THE TAX

Brazilian customs have obnoxious taxes for cultural products, so two galleries separated by the pond came up with an ingenious way to go around it. But is faxed art just as the same as, you know, not-faxed art? 

From Cool Hunting:

To get around Brazil's convoluted customs procedures and expensive tax laws that govern importing and exporting art, Brazilian collective Autista and British gallery KK Outlet turned to the fax machine to transport art across oceans for a new show called "Ex-Fax Machina."

At last Thursday's opening Brazilian artists Ramon Martins, Eduardo Recife, Elisa Sassi and Carlos Dias made drawings and faxed them to London's KK Outlet Gallery, while U.K.-based artists Andrew Clark, Billie Jean, Mcbess and Jimmy Turrell faxed their completed drawings to Gallery Pop in São Paulo. Flaunting Brazil's 50% tax on any cultural item sent or received (the strict rules have prevented both NYC's Met and MoMA from lending pieces in the past), the pieces now hang on both galleries' walls through 26 March 2010.  

Fax Ex-Machina: A trans-continental art show based around the fax machine

Previously:
Misprinted Typ_e: Eduardo Recife

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