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.
Soapstealer (2004)
Other works by Campbell Patterson
Campbell Patterson
Chip Mountain (2009)
Patterson, sitting alone in a fast food restaurant, chews handfuls of french fries, spits out the chewed potato, and forms the material into a tower.
Campbell Patterson
Clean Loop (2007)
Patterson, fresh from the shower, a towel still around his waist, attempts a spontaneous action, through the windows of his bathroom.
Campbell Patterson
seven fires (2008)
The artist fills a public toilet with toilet paper, sets it alight, lets it burn, flushes it away, cleans the bowl, and leaves.