R E C O M B I N A N T   M E M E S

RECOMBINANT MEMES is a series of works that Miller considers action-related expansions to modified ready-mades. In this case, great masterpieces of art history exist in museum shops, as facsimile postcards that have become symbols/artifacts of our shared, cherished culture. By enacting an adaptation from one of his earliest Fluxus scores (Chewed Drawing) onto the printed cards, Miller has mixed his DNA into the metaphorical object.
Additional subjects include works by Manzoni, Frida Kahlo, Franz Klein, Roy Lichtenstein, Meret Oppenheim, Man Ray and more.

The series was first displayed at Wallspace, NYC in 2002 (The Holiday Shopping Show 2) and continued through the following years. In 2009 at Vendor Bar, curated by Robin Kahn and Kirby Gookin (NY Artists Book Fair) two enlarged examples were presented in performance.

Recombinant Memes: Chewed Hokusai Wave.
Color printed postcard 6×4 inches. From series Chewed Masterpieces.