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Performance
F. Scott Hess (b. 1955)
Performance
1997
oil on canvas
48 × 64 inches
4 pm in The Hours of the Day series.
1 Performance
2 Preparatory Sketch 1
3 Preparatory Sketch 2
4 Preparatory Photoscrap
5 Painting in Progress
6 Details
Performance
Performance
F. Scott HessPerformance is 4 p.m. in The Hours of the Day. The stream of liquids that begins in the 2 p.m. hour and reaches its apotheosis with the Pissing Boy, here comes to a crashing end with an old woman’s dropped teacup. In the violin player, the uncontrolled performance of the boy from 3 p.m. has evolved into an artistic expression of some merit. Whatever the event taking place under the big tent is, the music holds the attention of most, even in the midst of a minor disturbance.
February 8, 2010