Explosion Ma Baby
Explosion Ma Baby
These bas-reliefs are related to several films by Pauline Curnier Jardin about Catholic processions and rituals in Europe. For example, in Explosion ma Baby, a thousand men offer their naked babies (covered in banknotes) to St. Sebastian to cheers, chants and explosions. And in Fat to Ashes, the artist interweaves the Cologne carnival with a religious procession honouring St. Agatha with the slaughter of a pig. In Sebastiano Blu she tells the story of the handsome DJ Giorgetto and the party of the year, in honour of St Sebastian. Each bas-reliefs is the translation of one central scene from the film into ceramics. The bas-relief is an appropriate medium since these were traditionally used to share collective narratives, an early form of propaganda. [text 2023]
- Title
- Explosion Ma Baby
- Dating
- 2016
- Object type
- video, video-installatie
- Object number
- 34123
- Collection
- beeldende kunst 1850 - heden
- Technique
- super 8 mm film op HD video
- Dimensions
- Acquisition
- aankoop met steun van het Mondriaan Fonds (2018)
- Keyword
- Demeter, vaas, Baubo
- Inscriptions and marks
- :
- Rights
- Collectie Museum Catharijne Convent en Centraal Museum, Utrecht / Sjaak Ramakers