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Thursday, May 24, 2007
More collage and Paper Sculptures from the early part of 2007. This time continuing the themes as before.
1. Publicity Shot - A use of vivid colours and circles make this a complete picture and with lots of words to set it off.
2. 'I have met on this' - Using the theme of torn scraps of paper I have created a piece that is almost the same as Publicity Shot.
3. 'Drumclog 1679 Girl' - A slight return to a former style but this time using as much of the map as background as possible.
4. 'October' - Another piece using older distressed piece of 'found papers' that were used in other works previous.
5. 'Magis' - From the random world of words you get the word 'Magis'. This was taken from the name Pascal Magis an artist and here is an example of his work:
as you can see this is a painted version of the sort of style that I sometimes construct with paper.
6. Geneve - This is a place in Switzerland and has several different spelling according to which language you speak. This is of course the french spelling and it comes from a maker of watches. If you look at their website you will see that they are not cheap! I like the pattern that ended up at the bottom of the picture.
7. 'Allsorts' - Another case of using all sorts of images and returns to the rectangle shape of design and uses pieces of 'found images from former pieces.
8. 'Postage Paid' - A piece that has wallpaper as its background instead of the plain white card. A model stares blankly out from a range of golden and yellow images.
9. 'Deco Arrangement' - This is another cubist piece as explained in previous journal entries. Two girls and a stamp.
10. 'Clockface' - A naked man (my first using such image) with his face replaced by a clock. This time piece is ornate and it is a metaphor for the passage of time when man becomes older. It is also meant to be as surreal as possible.
11. 'LOOK' - Another shaped 'Sculptured' piece using a lot of images of old magazines and bits and pieces.
More for you to feast your eyes on! Following on from my last journal entry I said that I was moving on from 'filling the space'. This time I have pasted images to make the piece on card and then I cut out the shape to mount it on board. This has given me some freedom that I have enjoyed and I have decided to call these pieces 'Paper Sculptures'. They are a progress on from the mainly spaced filled pieces of the past. Also there is another chance to escape from the mosaic patterning that has dominated a lot of previous works. I will be using this style for a while, but I have not left behind the former styles of my work. Even painted pieces could make a comeback!
1. Tide - This is a collection of images that reflect the last 50 years of commerce. I am a great fan of the Cream LP cover art and it was great to use it.
2. 37A - This is a collection of images from London and the title comes from the bus title a 37A to Peckham. I was reminded by a story that my Grandma told me of her journeys in London when there were only open tops to buses and when it rained the downstairs was always full of men and so sitting upstairs was the only the answer and it meant getting very wet!
3. London 65 - This is the first time that I have used rubbish out of the rubbish bin to complement the piece. This time an envolpe and a chocolate wrapper. In case you are wondering the screaming mouth belongs to 80's artist and actress, Grace Jones, famous for thumping Russell Harty.
4. Raygun 31 - Advertising, magazine covers, bar codes, use by dates. Raygun was a popular magazine in the USA in the 90's and is now defunkt. Here is another example of the graphics that made it popular and interesting.
5. Congizable - The title comes from a cut-up of Recognizable. I like the random way of the words get cut-up and can be used as titles. Chewing gumwrappers, coke ads, Typography, more of that chocolate wrapper and some images of faces, one laughing.
6. Conversion - Peacock feathers, refrigator ads from the 50's, random text. It is a mix match of modern and 70's images.
7. OM-1 - Olympus the leaders in SLR cameras come out with the OM-1: 'Drawing down close to three decades of its existence has proven its ability with the demanding time test and the battering by professional photographers in the fields. Being the part of the nucleus of the total Olympus OM System, the OM-1 enables you to step into many new possibilities with ease and fun too, from photomicrography to astrophotography, from photojournalism to portraiture. With its many system components, the OM-1 permits an infinite range of photographic capabilities ... a camera that grows as your expand'.
This picture comes close to showing some interesting techniques to do with infra-red and colour cross processing, something that I guess is so easy with a digital camera and computer programme these days.
This picture comes close to showing some interesting techniques to do with infra-red and colour cross processing, something that I guess is so easy with a digital camera and computer programme these days.
8. Gerator - This was an attempt at a slim but long piece that reflected the sort of images that go with skyscrapers. More use of envolpes and images from the 70's. A piece from the history of the statue of liberty. The title comes from Regerator and influenced by Ben Nicholson (more below).
9. New Sleeping Palace - The title is a reference to train sleeping cars of the US. A luxury car for the rich and white of the 1800's. The lucky stars are from 'Euromillions' in which we got two lucky stars but no other numbers. So near, so far! Part of the circles are from the work of Ben Nicholson part of the Cornish artists. Here is an another example of his work:
Another influence on my art, he died in 1982.
Another influence on my art, he died in 1982.
Did you spot Enoch Powell? No influence on my work but most remembered for his 'Rivers of Blood' speech. Controversial throughout his career, his tenure insenior office was brief. He held controversial views on issues such as race, national identity, immigration, and the UK's entry into the European Economic Community. I am more in favour of a Multicultural society myself. no dream, a future in the making. The Beatles wanted to put Hitler on the cover of Sgt. Pepper, but were talked out of it!
More art to come in this style and more backlogs soon!
On the 5th of October I wrote an journal entry entitled 'The Correct Times', the following pieces are a continuation of that entry. All of the works in that section were inspired by Schwitters:
In this section I have encluded works that continue from the 'Correct Times' selection and the following pieces are more random than most of the other works that I have completed in this style.
In this section I have encluded works that continue from the 'Correct Times' selection and the following pieces are more random than most of the other works that I have completed in this style.
1. 'Framework' - Is it St. Pauls? Most of life is under construction and this piece shows us the design that makes up the landscape of towns.
2. 'Versions of this' - There could have been many versions of this! This is taken from one text and two pictures.
3. 'Starts as two' - Drilled as pegholes it says. The random pattern is taken one step beyond.
4. 'Lansoprazole' - This belongs to the group of medicines known as proton pump inhibitors. Lansoprazole is used to treat certain conditions caused by too much acid being produced in the stomach, These include gastric ulcers (stomach ulcers), duodenal ulcers (ulcers of the upper part of the intestine), gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (acid reflux or heartburn), acid-related dyspepsia (acid indigestion) and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. Lansoprazole can also be used to treat irritation and ulceration of the stomach caused by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Acid is produced naturally in the stomach to help digest food. Excessive amounts of acid can irritate the stomach lining, causing inflammation, ulcers and other conditions. lansoprazole works by reducing the amount of acid produced in the stomach, relieving pain and helping to repair the damage.
5. Basic Idea - The basic idea for this was the circle and it went round in circles from there.
6. Seasoned - Seasoned timber to make a house a home where you can read your newspapers.
7. Crossbones - There is a history of Skull and Crossbones which goes beyond the pirates of this picture. Cut throats all of them to a man!
8. High Force - High Force is situated on the Upper Teesdale Raby Estate, near Middleton-in-Teesdale. Raby Castle is situated nearly 20 miles further East at Staindrop. Its good to get names for pieces from maps.
9. Troutbeck - Troutbeck can be found between Windermere and Ambleside, just off the Kirkstone Pass. The village of Troutbeck is spread along a hillside which runs from Town End to Town Head. I have been to Ambleside and very pretty it is too! Troutbeck sounds like a good name for a pop group.A cross between Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart and Beck also an American musician. Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart produced by Frank Zappa and nearly unlistenable to the untrained ears.
10. World-go-round - Upside down the world goes around and here. Who is the brave-maker?
11. Ribble Head - A place in the Yorkshire Dale, here it is in Black and White:
Ribble Head where no man can be saved.
12. Fashion Cafe - 'I wanna stay here, I don't wanna go anywhere, I could remain here' by Mark E. Smith of the group 'The Fall'. The dried out paintbrush says it all, where are the models, the girl thinks on that she wouldn't die?
More from this series will be forthcoming soon, stay tuned!
Fill the space has been motto for sometime and I feel that with these larger pieces constructed this month I am doing just that. The idea behind most of the pictures is to show that art can be made from recycling paper. In this case I have used old magazines, books and other throw away items. I think in this day and age it is better to show that we can use as much of our waste items as possible! Also the muse, Kurt, has helped out.
1. Edge77 - This piece was using a lot of yellows and browns from envolpes, the title comes from the door number and the map. I was hoping to make this piece as busy and interesting as possible and I think that I have done that.
2. Gold & Silver - This is another fast piece and uses a lot of pictures of cameras if you look closely. I like the use of the half circle which has followed me about in a lot of my works and the fact that a lot of reds/browns have been used.
3. Wreckin - A piece in which I have tried to be cleaver in some respects as I have used pictures of enlarged stamps and therefore given the impression of a smaller piece it is infact the same size as 'Gold & Silver'.
4. Borrowed View - Crumpled waste pictures have been used to give this some age, and I am pleased with the result. Another work in this collection has a crumpled piece in it, can you spot it?
5. F - See how some of the works have a straight line in them. This is straight out of the book of schwitters collage and it is the formular that works!
6. An Airman admires Don Quixote - This was an attempt at an all black and white version of the style that I am using at the moment. It is a piece that will be tried again and again.
7. Watch the Face - This is a play on words and it refers to the watch in the centre of the piece and the torn face below. Upside down building, half a face, roses and test pages all make up the finished piece.
8. Urban Jungle - A busy lifestyle. A Saturday market, a girl with yellow background, oil in rain puddle, it is a jungle and it is very urban and busy. Get with the flow.
9. Babe Radio - This piece uses it title from a painting by Peter Blake (designer of the Sgt. Pepper LP cover) called Babe Rainbow. It probably isn't pc to say 'babe' at this time but I don't care! Art for the Artists!
He is one of my influences and has designed LP covers for Paul Weller and is currently on the cover of the Greatest hits by Oasis.
He is one of my influences and has designed LP covers for Paul Weller and is currently on the cover of the Greatest hits by Oasis.
10. Secessio - A work using music as its background and some of the works by Impressionist etc. Secessio the title comes from Secission when the 'n' was chopped off.
11. Blue Music - This piece was an attempt to use only blue colours and therefore enter my blue period. Music and churches play a big part in my life and so it does in this picture.
12. Transform the austere space - A real planned out and directed piece. "It is clear that this austere space no longer meets the needs of our primary uses and users, which in turn constrains our capacity to expand our world-class programs and to capitalize on new and far-reaching opportunities" Director of James Reserve Research.
13. Artefacts - Different, yet all the same, same but different from the book of life, Laugh at Clowns, smile at beauty, Arabic writings, modern science, and crumpled outdoor fields of colour, its all there as artefacts of a time that crosses from 20th to 21st Century.
In the near future I am thinking about not filling all the space. I have an idea about using only some of the space to create a world where there is more freedom for the eye. Stay tuned!
In the near future I am thinking about not filling all the space. I have an idea about using only some of the space to create a world where there is more freedom for the eye. Stay tuned!
I was given some acrylic paints this Christmas and I thought that I would turn my hand to painting pieces of abstract collage. Each piece is make up from scraps of paper and cut-up circles. Some other pieces of card were used in the constriction and they came from old cigarette packets. The designs were sketched out on plain paper and transfered to the boards. 2-5 pieces were painted on mount board and the first piece 'Alaska' is on hardboard. The colours were determined by the palette of colours that I had in the pack and some were used by mixing them with watercolour paint. Each piece took a couple of days to complete. There is a roughness to each piece that leads to their charm and earthy beauty. Each image contains two complete circles and therefore follows the theme of most of my collaged work. I hope to one day complete some 'constructed' pieces made from work, metal and fabric, but at this time I am very pleased with my experiemental work using paints.
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