Blindman’s Buff 1988-1989
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).
Blindman’s Buff, 1988
70 x 77 inches, oil on canvas
PRIVATE COLLECTION
The Examination, 1988
16 x 14 inches, egg oil emulsion on canvas
PRIVATE COLLECTION
The Couch, 1988
oil on canvas, 53.5 x 61.5 inches
PRIVATE COLLECTION
Hide & Seek, 1988
84 x 64 inches, oil on canvas
PRIVATE COLLECTION
Head study, 1989
16 x 14 inches, egg oil and oil paint on canvas
COLLECTION: Bank National, Montreal
The Swing, 1988
oil on canvas, 77 x 62 inches
COLLECTION: Art Bank, Ottawa
Blindman’s Buff
Installation, Galerie Nikki Diana Marquardt, Paris, France, 1988