Postcards from Rome

On view in the Museum window
February 9-July 13, 2013

Ligia Michelle Bouton
Postcards from Rome, 2012
Single channel video, 37 min.

Both inspired and overwhelmed by master works from art history’s Renaissance canon, Ligia Bouton uses such basic artist’s materials as paper and charcoal combined with simple video editing techniques to address issues of scale and appropriation alongside the ubiquitous vernacular postcard. As the main character in these five vignettes, her presence also suggests the universal struggle artists endure in their creative endeavors.