Sex, Lies and Lawn Grass
Sex, Lies, and Lawn Grass, 1994, pp. 1-12
Toronto: Art Metropole, 1994
An essay in which artist Eric Cameron looks back at his video production in relation to his painted work. For Cameron, his video production marked a period of artistic release, while the painted work came out of a period of repression. As with Marcel Duchamp, the sexual drive is the artist's main motivation for creating art. Cameron discusses this idea in relation to the work of Peter Paul Rubens and Antoine Watteau, and the themes of obsession and repetition in his own work.
ITEM 1994.091 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Red, Yellow, and Blue on White - horizontal (type llk, 1/2" tape) – Eric Cameron
Moving the Camera in Contact with a Woman's Body – Eric Cameron
Insertion (an excerpt) – Eric Cameron
Inserting a Camera in My Mouth – Eric Cameron
Keeping Marlene Out Of the Picture – Eric Cameron
Ha-Ha – Peter Paul Rubens
The Garden of Love – Antoine Watteau
A Pilgrimage to Cythera – Eric Cameron
100 Bull's Eyes – Eric Cameron
Thick Paintings – Eric Cameron
Sto-ol – Eric Cameron
Thin Air and Lawn