Eugenio and Mambo

01/03

Meet Eugenio, a cute artist from Rio de Janerio, and his dog Mambo. In an homage to Andy Warhol’s piss paintings, Eugenio has trained Mambo to piss on copper-painted canvases every time he said ‘ANDY!’ For three months, Mambo’s ‘studio’ was the backyard of Eugenio’s house, in which he created three piss paintings a day – one each time Eugenio took him out for a walk. Warhol’s original piss paintings were inspired by sex clubs and gay bath houses (including The Toilet, an old New York club with tubs and troughs for guys to lie in and get pissed on). Warhol’s paintings go for millions and millions of dollars, while Eugenio and Mambo’s paintings are available for €400 a piece. Above is a side by side comparison of Warhol’s and Mambo’s work. Which do you prefer?

Published on 24 July 2009