Blindman’s Buff 1990
Michel Tetrault – Art Contemporain, Montreal (Québec)
Blindman’s Buff was painted around the narrative of a single painting: Francisco Goya’s “Blind Man’s Buff” (1791). Painting in the context of European revolution, Goya shows us the aristocracy engaged in a childish game of Blindman’s Buff, choosing deliberate blindness to the struggles surrounding them. In my series, what one sees and what one refuses to look at are portrayed in moments of extreme discomfort in contemporary mise en scènes.
The Blindman’s Buff series (with catalogue) was exhibited in a traveling show that crossed Canada in 1991: Southern Alberta Art Gallery (Lethbridge, AB), Gallery 1.1.1. (Winnipeg, MB), The Stride Gallery, (Calgary, AB), Mount St Vincent University Art Gallery (Halifax, NS) and Galerie Michel Tétreault (Montréal, QC).