Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| de Kooning, Willem

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

I lay on the floor with my head under a cupboard. On my chest is written “He Who Has No Heart Will Have No Heartaches”. Driven by an electric motor a knife cut back and forth over my chest. The performance continued for one hour.
(26 May 2004)

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		Abstract expressionist painter Willem de Kooning 24 April 1904 (+) is born in Rotterdam, Netherlands. 19 March 1997 (-) dies of Alzheimer's disease in East Hampton, United States.
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