La belle Rosine. Peinture en 1 acte et 12 tableaux

Copyright artist(s) and courtesy argos

Artist(s)

Year

1988

Duration

00:00:12

Installation

Original format

S8

Color

col.

Color system

PAL

Availability

Collection
Just as in ’L’arbre. Peinture en 1 acte et 7 tableaux’ and ’Palais d’Egmont. Peinture en 1 acte et 12 tableaux’, Vergara films a series of paintings in a few seconds. A series of twelve of the artist’s paintings flashes by at top speed, forming just over two seconds of images – the titles of the work last longer than the work itself, which thus becomes humorous. Vergara’s paintings in dark, sombre colours give an impression of urgency: lifted from rather rudimentary brush sweeps, they show a series of women, incorporating a cup of coffee as a recurring element. The incredibly fast montage emphasises the sharpness of the painting style. The title refers to a painting by Antoine Wiertz from 1847.