Le Monde Diplomatique - WAR IS OVER! IF YOU WANT IT - 2022 lisbon San Francisco

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Le Monde Diplomatique - WAR IS OVER! IF YOU WANT IT - 2022 lisbon San FranciscoThe refrain of John & Yoko's pacifist campaign, culminating in the sugary song "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (1971), is hijacked by the old and worn Spirit Of Past Conceptual Art. The other victim is a respectable political newspaper, rudely forced to wear the guise of a sensationalist tabloid. The scissors and sewing work results in: A bunch of altered replicas of "Le Monde Diplomatique", punctuated by the insidious " is over, if you want it".