"Burying at Ornans"
"Burying at Ornans" _________________ Performance
_____________________ may 1982
P e r f o r m a n c e
participants :
Nicole Bolard
Martine Derrier
Jean-Paul Matifat
Place: territory of the district of
ORNANS, France.
Fact: bury a painting (acrylic on black polyane) which has been inclosed in a watertight container.
Title of the painting: Erotic Thoughts.
References:
Courbet's art work,, memory of a place, landscapes, bereavement of painting.
Process: revelation of a space (geographical, historical, poetic, pictorial ...) by the presence of an invisible sign.
No trace remains of this work, only a light scar on the surface of the ground.
Document: J.P.M. / May 1982
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