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Brillo across my heart 1989
Oil paint on metal cabinet
24 x 21 in. / 61 x 53 cm | Frame 26 x 23 in. / 66 x 58 cm
Signed Rene Ricard in paint lower right
‘Brillo’…across my heart / Baby powder in my lungs / Band aids across my eyes / Bacitracin ointment on my tongue / Brush my teeth with hydrocortisone creme / How your love soothes
A tender love poem laced with acid: Brillo pads are used as a filter when smoking crack cocaine. We are left to wonder which option is a panacea: the touch of a lover, or the salve of chemical relief. Ricard loved a visual pun–this viscerally commanding piece is painted on the back of a found medicine cabinet.
