Eduardo Ruano - Happening
- Artist/Author/Producer Eduardo Ruano
- Confronting Bodies Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires
- Dates of action April 30, 1968
- Location Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Description of the Art Work
- The artist constructed a reproduction of a display case from the Lincoln
Library from the American Embassy in Buenos Aires containing a large
poster-panel of John F. Kennedy. A brick was placed on the floor two
meters from the display. To complete the work, during the opening, Ruano
threw the brick through the glass case, yelling "Yankees, out of
Vietnam!"
- Description of incident
- Authorities at the Museo de Arte Moderno, originally thinking the piece
was an homage to the late John F. Kennedy, were outraged and expelled
Ruano from the exhibition.
- Results of incident
- Unknown.
Source: Leon Ferrari
