antonio dias and myself are starting a collaborative collage project.......12 canvases....6 each.......this is rocket science.........we each make a start and then exchange canvases....rocket science.........then we do something else and exchange them......no theme...no idea how they will be at the end...if we reach an end.....the exqusiite corpse is alive and well....pretty good for a corpse eh!!!!!
starting like this is a good way in....as the canvases proceed ideas will be suggested....and maybe followed....at the moment they are neither portrait or landscape in format..... neither text or pictorial.....realistic or a......t......upside down or the rightway up.......
for the past 2 weeks i have been playing around with posters that i have collected...along with record sleeves and flyers for events in various cities........nothing fixed yet......
i am going to hear john cooper clarke and john lydon of pil at 53 degrees in preston soon.......hopefully i can collect some more info....had a quick meeting today with some 53 staff who were very friendly and helpful who are trying to get me permission ......no cameras but mobiles were popping everywhere to take more photos....fingers crossed....when i went to a recent shaun ryder gig ...
in the early 70s i was working on a series of paintings that took their inspiration from the sky....infinity.....using the canvas as a window on the world.....depicting the landscape or world as a thin strip....with an overwhelming sky......i used the idea of a road or runway as a landing strip or landing area for angels or celestial beings.....the curtains either covered the landscape....indicating a closing off of reality....how can you prove that someting is there with out seeing it....it is about illusions of reality and imagination....space travel has always intrigued man....is the flying cube coming in to land or is it floating away....it has what looks like grass growing on its surface....note...appears to be......appearance can be deceptive.....
mish mash....i havent used that prase or heard it for years....its got a ring to it....not as posh as juxtaposition......or as boring as mixed images..........mish mash splosh.......
synonyms.......Origin: Middle English misse-masche,
what is the definition of collage? col·lage(k-läzh, k-)n.
1.a. An artistic composition of materials and objects pasted over a surface, often with unifying lines and color.
1b. A work, such as a literary piece, composed of both borrowed and original material.
2. The art of creating such compositions.
3. An assemblage of diverse elements: a collage of conflicting memories.
v.col·laged, col·lag·ing, col·lages v.tr.
To paste (diverse materials) over a surface, thereby creating an artistic product. v.intr.
To create such an artistic product.
[French, from coller, to glue, from colle, glue, from Vulgar Latin *colla, from Greek kolla.]
mish mash mish·mash(mshmsh, -mäsh)
A collection or mixture of unrelated things; a hodgepodge.
Origin: Middle English misse-masche,
mish mash
a confused collection or mixture; hotchpotch
mishmash - a motley assortment of things
c- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things;
hodge·podge(hjpj) A mixture of dissimilar ingredients; a jumble.
mingle-mangle - a motley assortment of things
salmagundi
1. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
2. cooked meats and eggs and vegetables usually arranged in rows around the plate and dressed with a salad dressing
imniumgatherum
omnium-gatherum[ˈɒmnɪəmˈgæðərəm] Often facetious a miscellaneous collection; assortment
[from Latin omnium of all, from omnis all + Latinized form of English gather]
1. a hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley. 2. a ragout or hash.
"da big lip",,,,maybe i was drawn to dalips by some invisible thread to john heartfield.....in retrospect......i like the similarity and difference in spelling of the word " C.......n".....the corpse has crept in....the very thought makes me shiver....this is the first of 2011...........
" he shook up jazz"....now he wants to change the world....no not batman.....herbie hancock......a couple of years ago i had the good fortune....privelage of seeing and hearing him play in loule...portugal....what a night..." he shook....." was a newscutting sitting in my studio whilst i was making this work.........it seemed like a good idea @ the time......it just happened as most things do....no rime or reason.............
a window on the world....you have been framed.....you are being beckoned by the siren........can you withstand the temptation......
standing like two sentrys.....they are the gateway to ......a long forgotten youth....time gone by...now only memories.......
an ode to pop art......the art of the comic....the ideal female........a promise........a broken dream........just out of reach....tantallisingly close...........being 17 again.......
please feel free to suggest captions for any of the collages.......
" metroplex" is the title of a new series of works....that might take the form of digital collages combined with mixed media.....i am at an ideas stage....nothing is fixed yet........text may be hidden ......portraits might lurk.......messages......... references.......comment........manchester based?........or simply city orientated......taking popular culture....urban scenes......city life......we live a layered life....images...sounds...events........ever changing........ this project may well form part of a show at..................last year i made an installation at vinyl "exchange entitled " urban palimpcest " which comprised some 400 small images based on street art.......this year i am playing with the idea of possible record sleeves........using old 45s...and Lps....from my collection....which goes back to the 60s........mixing the covers with posters torn from walls..........layers of time and events.......here are a few exampl;es so far.... its interesting playing around with record sleeves....juxtaposing one with another....some are related others are not.........chance encounters of images throw up possibilities....how to include sound in this work.....
here are a few of ideas using record sleeves and posters....
is busy working on a new series of works callled " metroplex" based on imagery from fly posted walls....urban grafitti.....and street life in general.....quirky corners of cities in particular manchester
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