Jasper Johns. Nail polish tutorial Nº. 2
2012
Video
7:36 min, color, no sound

Brice Marden. Nail polish tutorial
2012
Video
4:55 min, color, no sound

Daniel Buren. Nail polish tutorial N.2
2011
Video
7:0 min, color, no sound

Olivier Mosset. Nail polish tutorial
2011
Video
5:30 min, color, no sound

Michel Parmentier. Nail polish tutorial
2011
Video
6:37 min, color, no sound

Niele Toroni . Nail polish tutorial
2011
Video
8:11 min, color, no sound

Kenneth Noland. Nail polish tutorial
2011
Video
7:38 min, color, no sound

Ellsworth Kelly. Nail polish tutorial
2011
Video
8:20 min, color, no sound

Blinky Palermo. Nail polish tutorial
2011
Video
7:00 min, color, no sound

In the video series Nail Polish Tutorials, Carrazana demonstrates how to paint one’s nails based on works by renowned male abstract painters, bringing together elite and popular taste. The possibility of “teaching” abstract painting through a nail-polish video tutorial is closely connected to the Cuban utopian idea of the “massification of culture.” The videos are inspired by the thousands of tutorials found on YouTube, a platform that has broadened the field of private image-making through minimal production costs. Among its most interesting genres are video tutorials, through which anyone can teach what they know. The videos adopt a distinctly YouTube aesthetic but remain silent, encouraging contemplation while aiming to transform the traditionally isolated experience of the internet user.

Nail Polish Tutorials, exhibition views:

Yaima Carrazana
Nail Polish Tutorials
WRO 15th Media Art Biennale. Wroclaw. PL. 2013

Exhibition: Círculos - Galería Elba Benítez. Madrid, ES. 2011
Yaima Carrazana; Nail Polish Tutorials
Wall painting: Daniel Buren: Photo-souvenir: ‘Exposition d’une exposition: une pièce en sept tableaux‘. 1972
Photo: Luis Asín

Exhibition view: 'Punkt.Systeme - Vom Pointillismus zum Pixel'.
Wilhelm-Hack-Museum. Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE, 2012

Exhibition view: 'RijksakademieOPEN'
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. Amsterdam-NL, 2010

Exhibition view - 'Who More Sci-Fi Than Us, hedendaagse kunst uit de Cariben'
Kunsthal KAdE. Amersfoort, NL, 2012
https://www.kunsthalkade.nl/nl/tentoonstellingen/who-more-sci-fi-than-us/

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