Meet the two artists behind Shia LaBeouf's #IAMSORRY

Meet The Artists Behind Shia LaBeouf's #IAMSORRY

Last month, you couldn't move for headlines about Shia LaBeouf. First he turned up at Berlin Film Festival with a paper bag reading "I AM NOT FAMOUS ANYMORE" over his head; then he walked out of a Nymphomaniac press conference (but not before quoting Eric Cantona), then he set up shop at a gallery in Los Angeles in a performance entitled #IAMSORRY. For six days he sat in the small gallery space, wearing a tuxedo and the now-infamous paper bag, crying in front of visitors.

People lined up to meet LaBeouf; some took selfies, some got aggressive, some shook his hand and thanked him. Was he having a breakdown? Was he rebranding himself? Or was he just trying, in his own way, to become an artist? Luke Turner and Nastja Rönkkö have some of the answers. The two contemporary artists, both of whom have exhibited extensively in Europe, were Shia's collaborators on #IAMSORRY.

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