Week 2
Rosanne Kleinerman, “Elvis All Over Again”, paint with layered collage, 2020.
The piece has a surrealistic quality. When you first look at the piece, the intensity of the red background draws you in. It is very atmospheric and seems to move! Then you look at the figures who are almost floating in the red, and you realize they are from different eras. Even though the figures are entangled they do not connect. This creates an interesting contrast between background and foreground. You can see Elvis staring off into the distance longing for a time that never existed.
Paul Urban, “Keep Commerce Clean, Support the EPA”, painted collage, 2020.
The work highlights Paul’s mastery of the collage as he moves back and forth between abstraction and realism. The piece juxtaposes the pollution created by big oil and the possibility of clean blue skies over the coastal regions.
Jonathan Higgins, “Untitled”, Silver, Copper and Black Gesso on paper, 2020.
Higgins is a master printer and an expert at the use of materials. He has created a piece with delicate tonal ranges, great detail and luminosity. The work has a preciousness and hints to the time spent developing the layers of texture. The vertical lines create movement as you look at it from different angles.
Delilah Higgins, “7pm-7:02pm”, mixed media, 2020.
The piece captures the city in an incredibly detailed and colorful way with thousands of glittering lights. The depiction of nighttime and the use of texture makes this city beautiful, especially in the reflection of the water. It makes everything serene and seems to bring up a memory of a certain time in a certain city!
Denise Monson, “The WAIT”, Covid collage, 2020.
In this piece the artist uses collage techniques with shapes cut of pattern paper and specifically placed to create depth into an entry hall. The piece sets up a narrative of isolation and anticipation.
Paul Murray, “Dreamland”, watercolor on postcard, 2020.
The artists design using winding and curving fields creates depth and a dream-like vision of an idealized landscape. the work is the size of a postcard, but its presence is much larger.
Castillo, “Stitched Hope”, paper, thread, fabric, elastic, 2020.
The piece is a multi-I layered photo collage with the word “hope “stitched through the city skyline. The stitching is a unifying element between the photo and the sculptural hand sewn miniature mask that is attached to the piece.
Beth Elliott, “Spring”, cyanotype with alkaline, 2020.
The artist has created a beautiful and ghostly image of a flower. The time- based process of waiting patiently for a result is a reflection of where we are today. The use of the Cyanotype is also significant to this project because of its popularity as a postcard making process at the turn of the century.
Christel Betz, “My Dream”, Ink on paper, 2020.
In this piece, the artist shows how we all process many of our worries, in dreams. It follows in the tradition of the surrealist who documented their dreams and turned them into works of art.
