J ubal Brown, a 22 year old student from Ontario College of Art and Design vommited in red over Raoul Dufy's Harbour at le Havre in the Art Gallery of Ontario in front of an invited audience of roughly 12 onlookers

'It was just so boring it needed some color.'[1] Brown was quoted by the New York Times as saying in relation to the action which was the beginning of what he envisaged to be a sort of triumvirate 'work of art'. Following this he vomitted blue on a Mondrian. The planned vommiting of yellow over another well known work has not yet eventuated.

"Mr. Brown's MO is to gorge himself with colored foods such as Jell-O and cake frosting and then induce vomiting, spraying his target."[2] "He does not stick his finger down his throat. Rather, he is stirred by an emotive response to the work of art."[3]

Originally the gallery thought the act was an accident until media attention surrounding his second attack forced them to realise it was infact purposefull and as such they considered taking legal action against him, however none was mounted.

 

1.Spicing Up Art
Bully Rag, Monday, December 9, 1996
From: "The Museum Security Network"

2.Attention Museum Security Managers
Christian C. Burke, Museum Security Mailing List Thu, 02 Jan 1997

3.Art education, student's vomit project seen as vandalism
Art Business News Dec. 8/96

 

Almost barred on barf
Capital of Nasty, Volume 2, Issue 36 September 15, 1997
An amusing little story about a student researching a story on Jubal Brown and almost getting sent out of the gallery by association.

Lifeless, Oppressive
[AP, 12/1/96]

Art Gallery Abuse
Puppy Mill Fighters
A story about the cat skinning video.

Sick Art
Pugzine