A Manual For Direct

'A Manual For Direct Action (pink)’ (2019) by Tokyo-based Norwegian artist #GardarEideEinarsson (@geeinarsson). The painting is based on a book of the same name published in 1965 with the tag line ‘strategy and tactics for civil rights and all other nonviolent protest movements.’ The artist, whose works relate to the anti-institutional, the interference of concepts of freedom, and the structures and organizations in society, chose the book because ‘its contents related to protest and resistance’ and ‘the phrase itself seems to speak about painting, with the three words Manual – Direct – Action in many ways describing the actual process of painting.’ Copenhagen-based gallery @NilsStaerk presented both the pink and black versions of the work at #ArtBasel2019. #artbasel