Work created by Claire Fontaine often intentionally
recalls that of
other artists, exploring common
contemporary tropes with the goal of «interrogat [ing] the political impotence and the crisis of singularity that seem to define
contemporary art today,» according to an
artist statement.
Edward Villiers Rippingille, another
artist contemporary,
recalled onlookers whispering and laughing to each
other as they observed Turner's «Varnishing Day» act.