August 28, 2022
Still noodling backgrounds for Phippen Art Show. Kind of dig this background:
Daily Whip Out: "United States of Whippery"
And that is questionable, but this is not.
Daily Whip Out: "Entryway Statueary"
I am still seeking a way to create cascading collage. A Google search found this.
Hannelore Baron discovered collage in 1964. She was so cool.
Her media included scraps of fabric, wood, string, wire, pieces from children’s games, printed labels and other discarded items – things that she said felt familiar.She was inspired by the art of Native Americans and Africa, Tantric art, illuminated pages of the Koran, and Persian miniatures. She said she gathered her materials with great care…”The reason I use old cloth and boxes is that new materials lack the sentiment of the old, and seem too dry in an emotional sense.”
You know, like this:
Oh, boy. That could go really good with this:
And, this:
And so it goes. I intend to do much more in the collage zone.
"I'm very fond of this phrase: 'Collage is not a refuge for the compositionally disabled.' If you put together the pieces in a really powerful way, I think you'll let a thousand discrepancies bloom."
—David Shields
That BG recalls the work of Ralph Steadman.
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