Infiltration Art is a branch of
Intervention Art in which artists collaborate with institutions, communities, politicians, religions, museums and pop-culture figures outside of the traditional art world. Unlike other forms of intervention art, Infiltration Art seeks to create symbiotic relationships with the host institutions.
Artists whose work incorporates elements of infiltration include
Banksy
Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist, and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation. Active since the 1990s, his satirical street art and subversive ep ...
, Christian Cummings,
Nikki S. Lee,
Taryn Simon
Taryn Simon (born February 4, 1975) is an American multidisciplinary artist who works in photography, text, sculpture, and performance.
Currently residing and maintaining a studio practice in New York City, Simon has had work featured in the Ve ...
,
Jeffrey Vallance
Jeffrey Karl Reese Vallance (born January 25, 1955, in Redondo Beach, California) is an American contemporary artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California. He is best known for projects that blur the lines between object-making, instal ...
,
David Hildebrand Wilson,
Fred Wilson, the Nationwide Museum Mascot Project (NWMMP).
External links
The Art of Infiltration class at California Institute of the Arts.
''DimSum'' magazine, January 23, 2002.
Profile on Nikki S. Lee by Chas Bowie
''Portland Mercury'', May 1, 2003.
Interview with Jeffrey Vallance
''WhiteHot Magazine'', March 2011.
David Pagel interview with Jeffrey Vallance
''Bomb'' magazine, Summer 1996.
Review of Popocultural exhibition at South London Gallery
''Frieze Magazine'', May 1997.
Review of Banksy exhibition at Bristol City Museum, by Helen Weaver
''Art in America'', September 18, 2009.
The Nationwide Museum Mascot Project (NWMMP)Interview with the Nationwide Museum Mascot Project
''Blouin Artinfo'', June 1, 2012.
Visual arts genres