Campbell Patterson

Soapstealer (2004)

9 min 10 secSingle channel / Digital Video / Colour / Sound

The work depicts Patterson, wearing shiny leather pants and vampire face paint, pumping hand soap into an ice-cream container, freely available from the dispenser in a public bathroom. The artist has his shirtless back to us, but glares out occasionally through the mirror above the basin.

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