Interview ,1989

24" x 98" installed

two oil paintings, and cibachrome photograph

Collection of the Art Museum, University of Toronto

This work is a triptych made up of two oil paintings placed on either side of a cibachrome photograph.

a) The central image is a photograph of a seated woman looking down at a sign she is holding on which is written "Mr. A Johnson".

b) The painting on the left side is a copy of the left half of Toronto artist Oliver Girling's 1984 painting Lemmy in Bondage matched with the right half of Toronto artist Shirley Wiitasalo's painting from 1981 titled Interview.

c) The painting on the right side is a copy of the left half of Wiitsalo's painting matched with the right half of Girling's painting. Both of these copies are signed in the lower right hand corner by T.Polowski, the artist I hired to copy the Girling and Wiitsalo paintings from colour catalogue reproductions.