Friday, July 27, 2012

OM.2002.093 - Cecil Touchon Cuernavaca, Mexico.






collage





Cecil Touchon
 Cuernavaca, Mexico.

OM.2002.092 - Glenys Bloor, New Zealand.



Ecology Series
collage, hand-painted paper
Glenys Bloor


The chief environmental factors governing the distribution of plants and animals are temperature, humidity, soil, light intensity, day-length, food supply and interaction with other organisms.


Glenys Bloor
from New Plymouth, New Zealand.

OM.2002.091 Karen Edwards, New Zealand




Sovereignty and Sexuality
collage
Karen Edwards



Karen Edwards
from New Plymouth, New Zealand

OM.2002.090 Sally Sutton , FL, USA.




This is the Time
collage



Sutton Sally 
FL, USA.

OM.2002.089 Rebecca Mooney, New Zealand.



The Point is Not to Decide
collage



Rebecca Mooney
 New Zealand.

OM.2002.088 Paula Marriner, New Zealand.




untitled
collage


Paula Marriner
 New Zealand.

OM..2002.087 Jennifer G Gibson, WA, USA.




DARE

collage



Jennifer G Gibson
WA, USA.

OM.2002.086 Libby Hartigan, CA, USA




White Collage
collage

Libby Hartigan
 CA, USA

OM.2002.085 - Carol Melichar Oviedo, FL, USA.

Boarding Pass to the Green World


Boarding Pass to the Green World
collage



Carol Melichar
 FL, USA.

OM.2002.083 - Shawn Buckmaster, FL, USA.



untitled
collage
Shawn Buckmaster




Shawn Buckmaster
 FL, USA.

OM.2002.082 Nancy Egol Nikkal, NY, USA.


City/Night
collage

The "City/Night" series of collages refer to the 9-11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in NYC.
I was born and grew up in New York and still live very nearby. It is affecting me more and more.

Nancy Egol Nikkal
 NY, USA.

OM.2002.081 Elwyn Stone, New Zealand.



untitled
collage

Elwyn Stone
 New Zealand.

OM.2002.080 Norman Sherfield, CA, USA.



he unit III
collage



Norman Sherfield
 CA, USA.

OM.2002.079 Justin Morgan, New Zealand.


"If an artist normally draws a line, a kind of drawing? Are we, then, all artists when we walk?"

This quote made by Tony Godfrey in his written work "CONCEPTUAL ART" (1998) helps to address the notion of alienation and/or false relationship of consciousness. Helping to form a connection the surrounding environment and the image or icon in this case the shirt which holds many metaphoric connotations,, allowing it (the work) to be interpreted in many ways.

For example the act of motion, movement through the space relating or constituting the work. Although the work has changed from that of a photograph to a print in its own right.

This brings to mind a statement made by Joseph Beuys in 1979
"I really liked to photograph...but after a while I found that photography corrupts you. After a while one can no longer stand firmly in the middle of the world. One always stands beside it and looks at it and then even then only at a segment of it."

Drawing on the fact that I too was taken with the process of taking the photograph, although the final outcome was limited in a sense to that of what was seen through the camera as if it were a recording instrument. Likening the process to that of Douglas Huebler and his use of the camera as a 'dumb'recording instrument. Drawing on the naïve play of real space or this case social space.

So this work is based on the idea of a journey through a space. Reverting to the openness of the possibilities of people moving through the same space or forming a relationship to it, a conceptual relationship if you will.

These works form a narrative which is not derived from the use of text, but by the use of the shirt and surrounding environment. The structure of the journey as such is underpinned by the composition of structure of the grid. The grid being autotelic in the way it works by itself without an inner image, yet still open enough to be played upon with the relationship of line, colour and their many combinations.

I found a strong connection with the work of Gilbert and George and the way they likened the process of the grid to that of a natural part of making a large photo-piece. Like dividing a week into seven days. This again making the camera a tool twoards the end result. And the work itself addresses a particular subject with respect to the circumstances of its social and political context.

The social context being that of isolation in a sense, recording the movement of the shirt (floating) through a given space, in this case the urban environment and the association that we form from it. With the use of alleyways with an unclean look to them and a directional pull lending to the idea of movement or a journey not only through the Alleyway but a personal journey of sorts.

The images chosen were from a series of sixty plus photographs where the shirt participated in my modes (forms) of or with the journey. From 'walking'down a path to 'jumping' off Centre City, with the final outcome (selection) coming out of a possible five sets. By this time the shirt had started to form its own personality or sense of being, thus lending to the use of the free flowing form. As it opened the door for other interpretations and aided the use of a narrative which could be tied in by the grid by way of a story board. Only though, to challenge the idea of reading left to right by introducing the up-down motion. As well as playing with the scale of the prints, engaging the viewer by making them step forward and begin the journey.



Justin Morgan
 New Zealand.

OM.2002.078 Jacqueline Springer, NY, USA.



untitled
collage in encaustic wax



Jacqueline Springer
 NY, USA.

OM.2002.077 Sarah Whorf, CA, USA.



Art Soup VI
collage



Sarah Whorf
 CA, USA.

.OM.2002.076 Miglena Savova Plovdiv, Bulgaria.



Face
collage



Miglena Savova
Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

OM.2002.075 - Bonné A de Blas OH, USA


 
Book Number Twelve
Lost Books of the Four Worlds

Bonné A de Blas


Bonné A de Blas
 OH, USA

OM.2002.074 Catherine Botch, PA, USA





The Sandbox
"Summer Memories" series
collage
Catherine Botch




Catherine Botch
from Allentown, PA, USA

OM.2002.073 Wiebke Görner Manchester, UK.





A Marvellous Day Out
(Sun and Wind, Beauty Ignorant of History, Water Tapping Gingerly)
collage




Wiebke Görner
 Manchester, UK.

OM.2002.072 Temple Terkildsen, CA, USA



Decorate your love & seal it to save it
collage



Temple Terkildsen
 CA, USA

OM.2002.071 Dagmar Hollmers FL, USA.



Innocence
collage



Dagmar Hollmers
 FL, USA.

0M.2002.070 - Cheryl Muirson, New Zealand




Essence of Time
collage

"Essence of Time" series.

Cheryl Muirson
 New Zealand

Thursday, July 26, 2012

OM.2002.069 - Jo Rezny McCredie, MO, USA




May 17
collage
Jo Rezny McCredie


Jo Rezny McCredie
from Arnold, MO, USA

OM.2002.068 Alana Bard, FL, USA




When you Ask ... 
collage



Alana Bard
 FL, USA

OM.2002.067 June Katchen, FL, USA



The Puzzle
collage



June Katchen
 FL, USA

OM.2002.066 - Gail Mingalone Vorsas, FL, USA



The Sentry
collage



Gail Mingalone Vorsas
 FL, USA

OM.2002.065 J D Davy, FL, USA.



Multi-Dimensional Light #13
collage


J D Davy
 FL, USA.

OM.2002.064 - Stephen, MA, USA.




Saturn #13
Digital Collage Monoprint
from
Detail of the Sistine Madonna, Raphael
Venus of Urbina, Titian
Allegory of Spring, Sandro Botticelli
by Stephen Linhart



Stephen Linhart
 MA, USA.

OM.2002.063 Geri Konstantin, FL, USA






Handiworks 4
collage

Geri Konstantin
 FL, USA

OM.2002.062 - Joanne Wilkes, New Zealand.




Idle Hands
collage




Joanne Wilkes Taranaki, New Zealand.

OM.2002.061 - Sally Allen, NH, USA.


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untitled
collage
Sally Allen




untitled
collage
Sally Allen


Sally Allen
from Rochester, NH, US


OM.2002.060 - Kimberley Guevarra, FL, USA.



Far East Dreaming

collage



Kimberley Guevarra
 FL, USA.

OM.2002.059 Carol A Staub









Harvest Time
collage









Carol A Staub

OM.2002.058 Gergana Cheshmedzhieva Plovdiv, Bulgaria.






Nature II
collage




Gergana Cheshmedzhieva
from The Tzanko Lavrenov School for Fine Arts in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

The Art School sent work by six student artists:
  • Anahid Sarkisian
  • Elena Ianevska
  • Gergana Cheshmedzhieva
  • Nadejda Guleva
  • Pavlina Hristeva
  • Savina Todorova
(and also by the Principal of the Art School, Mme Margarita Djarrova)

OM.2002.057 - Savina Todorova Plovdiv, Bulgaria.






Germinate
collage
Savina Todorova

                                                     Savina Todorova
                                              TzankoPlovdiv, Bulgaria.

The Art School sent work by six student artists:

  • Anahid Sarkisian
  • Elena Ianevska
  • Gergana Cheshmedzhieva
  • Nadejda Guleva
  • Pavlina Hristeva
  • Savina Todorova
     (and also by the Principal of the Art School, Mme Margarita Djarrova)

OM.2002.056 - Laura Morrison, NH. USA



One for Sorrow
collage


"One for Sorrow" is a piece about the sad state of our environment.
According to a widespread folk belief, the future can be divined by noting the number of magpies that fly past.
One magpie signals sorrow.
Laura Morrison
NH, USA.