Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
1975
190,2cm
x 200,2cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
In this work Constant brings together the fictional characters Justine and King Ubu, created respectively by Marquis de Sade (1791) and Alfred Jarry (1888). With this painting he references the silent majority as popularized by the U.S. president Richard Nixon in his speech of November 3, 1969. In the painting Justine embodies the silent majority meeting the idiot characterized by Ubu.
Details
English title
The encounter of Ubu and Justine
Alternate titles
Ubu et Justine
2000
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '75, center right in green paint
Frame dimensions
unknown
Exhibitions
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| Constant. In het atelier | 2008 |
| Constant Malerier | 1996 |
| Schilderijen 1948-1995 | 1995 |
| COBRA au Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam | 1994 |
| La Grande Parade | 1984 |
| Schilderijen 1940-1980 | 1980 |
| Schilderijen 1969-77 | 1978 |
Bibliography
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| Constant, De late periode | 2008 |
| Exit Utopia | Architectural Provocations, 1956-76 | 2005 |
| Constant. Schilderijen | Paintings | 1995 |
| COBRA au Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam | 1994 |
| Constant. Les trois espaces | 1992 |
| Cobra | 1987 |
| La Grande Parade | 1984 |
| Constant | schilderijen 1940-1980 | 1980 |
| Constant | Schilderijen 1969-77 | 1978 |
Documentation
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Constant en het canoniseringsproces in het Stedelijk Museum | Essays | 2015 |
| Driemaal Constant | Article | 1978 |
| Enkele opmerkingen omtrent zin en onzin van de iconografie | Text by Constant | 1975 |