Francis LeBouthillier
Silent Picture 1992-95
Performance documentation, video monitor in dental sterilizing cabinet, cloth toga, large brassiere, paint box, painting easel and a painting of Venus de Milo
Camera: Patricu Calimente
Dimensions: 6' X 10' X 5'
Duration: 20 min
Thanks to: Stephen Foster, Kartz Ucci, Anna Amul
Silent Picture is a video installation that presents documentation of a performer wearing a large brassiere over their arms. With brush in mouth, the performer paints a representation of Venus de Milo. Silent Picture was the winner of the Samuel Sarick MFA Purchase Award.
Exhibition History:
1995 This work is permanently installed on the main floor of The Centre for Fine Arts at York University (due to technical difficulties, the video component is temporarily not functioning).
1992 Altaring Nature,MFA Thesis Exhibition at The Beaver Hall Gallery, Toronto, Ontario