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Artist
Statement - May 2006
I
collect postcards from Museum Gift Shops or cards that I have received
as exhibition announcements. Using these cards, I collage body parts
cut from a variety of sources, including Mexican porno comic books,
erotic playing cards and London tart cards. Then working on the computer,
I integrate the disparate images, by overlapping, and receding the
new information into the other artist’s painting.
A formal concern of mine is to have the collages look as if they actually
belong in the original image. Conceptually, a new meaning is suggested
that results from the dialogue between the collaged elements and the
postcard.
After the collage is complete, I create a painting on a larger scale
in oils on linen or paper. As the painting evolves, the work becomes
a communication between the other artist and myself. I acknowledge
his/her style but I assert my own vision in developing the composition.
Finally, the painting is reproduced back into a commercial postcard.
The new card references Art History but also comments on contemporary
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Postcard
Paintings
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