KISS - "Kiss my canvas!"

KISS was a work of guerilla art. It happened in the open lot by Cugini Cafe on Old Ballard Ave in Seattle.

150 lips met the canvas during Ballard Art Walk on Saturday 13 September 2008. People got on each other's shoulder and knelt down low to kiss it. Women did it. Men did it. Little boys and girls did it. A gray-haired woman with a walker did it. Did you kiss the canvas?

I'm going to keep it going to all sorts of events until it gets covered and turns into a red color field. Then, I'll send it to the MoMA.
This was a dedication to my favorite performance artist, the late James Lee Byars, who once told a friend that the gallery walls around them, which were red, had been "prepared" by 100 Brazilian girls.

Artist & friend, Vanessa DeWolf, pucker their lips to start the event.