Norman Bates Loves the Arts
A metal construction holds an electric motor which drives a knife on an arm. The knife jerks back and forth into a Rembrandt painting 'Man with the Golden Helmet".
Norman Bates is a character in Hitchcock's 'Psycho' (which was inspired by the true story of Ed Gein). Rembrandt's work has been most attacked by assailants with knives, fire and acid.

  • Metal, electric motor, mixed media.
  • approx 40 x 40 x 170 cm.
  • First shown at Het Onding Kunst, Stalker, Breda, the Netherlands. 13 march - 1 may 1989.
  • Also shown at:
    • Ruimte Morguen, Antwerpen, 1989.
  • Property of the artist.
  • More pictures 1.

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