Saturday, December 1, 2012
OM.2001.041 - Donna Engstrom USA
Oracle
Oracle
collage from the series "In praise of women"
Donna Engstrom
Donna Engstrom USA "I am a painter and over the last three years have been exploring the female figure in all her splendour - daughter, mother, goddess. For me, these collages illustrate the beauty and mystery of women of all ages and cultures." |
OM.2001.036 - Jane Wynn USA
Thirteen Ladies Passing - Elizabeth
Thirteen Ladies Passing - Elizabeth
collage
Jane Wynn
Jane Wynn USA Working on these collages was a bit of a struggle for me - I am used to working sculpturally and I have forgotten what it is like to work on paper. I became obsessed with the number 13: my grandmother whom I grew up with always said that 13 was her favorite number and she loved Friday 13th. I found images of women from the 1920's - 1940's and that made me think of my grandmother. Even with her being gone now for over ten years, she still finds a way to always be with me, as she told me she would. I had figured out an "idea" about the number 13 and death notices and needed to wait just long enough to get them from the local paper- that is why my package was a bit late- I needed to "go" with the whole authenticity of dates and time - Kind of like being superstitious ... they are a bit on the strange side if you think about the whole "obituary" thing - but as I see it- I am memorializing these women. Thirteen Ladies Passing. |
OM.2001.032 - Cheryl Muirson New Zealand.
Golden Touch
Golden Touch
collage
Cheryl Muirson
Cheryl Muirson New Zealand. I was reading the story of King Midas to my junior art class as a motivation for their art work, with the offshoot that it motivated me as well. All these collages have sayings to do with gold. |
Third International Bakers Dozen Collage Exchange Each artist made 13 collages. The one work from each artist which is shown in this Internet exhibition, was also exhibited in New Plymouth, New Zealand, and was then sent to the Museo de Collage in Mexico. A package of 12 mixed collages was sent back to each participating artist. |
OM.2001.029 - Kathleen McKindles USA.
while you were gone
while you were gone
collage
Kathleen McKindles
Kathleen McKindles USA. Contact Kathleen at kmckind@up.net |
OM.2001.027 - Judy Finer USA.
Postmark Paris
Postmark Paris
collage
Judy Finer
Judy Finer USA. Printed books are the source of all elements: The stamps are printed pages taken from a small book, Postmark Paris, a gift to me from a friend. The collaged birds are cutouts from a 1930's illustrated guide to North American birds; the added text is taken from an old dictionary. I mean these small pieces to be evocative of the spirit of Baker's Dozen - art (the French stamps themselves) and communication over distances, the carrying of messages(stamps and birds). I also use the birds as nods to Ernst and Cornell. In this series, I enjoyed playing with ambiguities of scale, picture plane illusions, visual puns, and the enigmatic beginnings of narratives. Like one-liners, the pieces were fun and fairly quick to do. This work is different from my usual collages. I typically use more elements and dense layering for greater visual/relationship complexities. |
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