António Variações

Thank you Jay Rechsteiner, and Sardine and Tobleroni, for lending us António Variações (2008) a beautiful image of Portugal's pop music and queer icon António Variações, using mixed media.  Based on an iconic image of the hair stylist/fashion icon/artist, the image situates him between the Cathedral of Braga in northern Portugal and New York's Empire State Building, which he balances on his hands like ornaments or jewelry.

Rechsteiner is a multi-disciplinary & conceptual Swiss artist based in London. Anarchic and political themes, tackled with a sense of the ridiculous are central to Rechsteiner's practice. He has exhibited internationally (Japan, USA, UK, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal, France) in galleries and museums such as the Fukuoka Art Museum, Whitechapel Gallery, Tate Liverpool, the London Art Fair & the Venice Biennale. In 2005 Rechsteiner joined forces with Portuguese Punk musician Victor 'Torpedo' Silveira and together they started working under the pseudonym Sardine & Tobleroni. After an intensive and creative five-year period, the collaboration ended and Rechsteiner began a new body of work.

Follow the links below to learn more about Jay Rechsteiner and Sardine and Tobleroni