photographed here is bota filipe busy on his series of collages on doors.....double sided collages....that make an instalation.........over the past few weeks i have been working in the zefa studio on a series of large scale collages made from posters that i have taken from walls in olhao..... lisbon....and quarteira......the challenge for me was the scale 3 metres plus.....the content of the works was controlled by the imagery on the posters.....there is a " meeting room" collage.....it is a club in tavira........there is a " pin-up collage based on foam parties @ kadoc....plus others........when i completed my work ....i tidied the studio.......a few days later i returned and to my great surprise......bota filipe and jeta were busy collaging...
and here is jeta........brush and glue at the ready......seen here thinking about the next move
there has been a great atmosphere in the studio......with paper all over the floor....a real hive of activity.....
here is my "pop art" collage... with the legendary tigerman.......references to warhol.......and kandinski......with my floor peice....all black and white ....which lead me to make the next one..." the meeting room tavira"
on my next visit 2 days later bota filipe had this peice......we talked about the silver paper that he had used....he said it needed some more work.....i wonder what will happen...........
and this is what happened
candida has been busy too....with a series based on the republic and the birth of modern art......in fact a series of collages made from old books and magazines......containing some fascinating illustrations.........
update.....today december 15......bota filipe has made another collage on a door.......here it is ...a work in progress.....its the one on the right....
it has been great to see all this new work......the studio really looks lived in.......i am intrigued to know what will go on in the next few weeks......i am off to the uk......watch this space in january 2011
