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The Strange Death Of Artist Mark Lombardi

uair01

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Saw this on 9gag and then remembered I had seen his work at the Documenta in Kassel.
Didn't know about the suicide then ...
https://9gag.com/gag/aOYQAGv

lombardi01.jpglombardi02.jpg

In March 2000, on the day before his death, Lombardi moved all his work to Pierogi 2000. He then bolted his apartment from the inside and hanged himself, on the day before his birthday and three years after he had moved to Williamsburg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Lombardi

THe youtube movie is atmospheric:

Here he talks about being murdered:
 
Dangerous art indeed.
 
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