Matisse Performance

Jeremy Sutton as Henri Matisse

Tableau Vivant at the de Young Museum, San Francisco, Sept. 14, 2012

In celebration of the opening of the exhibition “William S. Paley Collection: A Taste for Modernism” at the de Young Museum I portrayed the great French artist Henri Matisse in a tableau vivant (September, 2012). During the performance I drew, painted with sumi-e ink, gouache and acrylic paints, sculpted in clay and cut and glued paper cutouts.

Photo by Laura Wuest

Photo by Laura Wuest

Photo by Ken Watanabe

Photo by Laura Wuest

Photo by Marissa Teal

Photo by Marissa Teal

Photo by Lorena Cusso

Photo by Lorena Cusso

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Photo by Laura Wuest

Photo by Laura Wuest

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Photo by Marissa Teal

Photo by Marissa Teal

Photo by Laura Wuest

Photo by Laura Wuest

Photo by Laura Wuest

Photo by Laura Wuest

Jeremy as Henri Matisse, Peggy as Mary Cassatt ~ Photo by Marissa Teal

Jeremy as Henri Matisse, Peggy as Mary Cassatt ~ Photo by Marissa Teal

Jeremy as Henri Matisse, Peggy as Mary Cassatt ~ Photo by Laura Wuest

Jeremy as Henri Matisse, Peggy as Mary Cassatt ~ Photo by Laura Wuest

Peggy as Mary Cassatt ~ Photo by Laura Wuest

Peggy as Mary Cassatt ~ Photo by Laura Wuest

Thank you to Lorena for so kindly being my excellent Matisse model for this performance.

The rimless eye glasses you see me wearing in this tableau were kindly loaned by the Optical Underground.

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