The inspiration for these were Steve Reich's "Its Gonna Rain" pieces. Using the same image over and over "in and out of phase" to further the meaning of the image, as Reich would put it. See if you can figure out what the image is. Now keep in mind that its backwards from what it originally was.
I was actually really hesitant about doing them. But I think my initial two are much more successful than my third one. In the collages previously done, I rely heavily on value and color to create the space, but I've always been fascinated with how lines create space (any of Miro's drawings, Kandinsky, El Lissitzky, etc). I think these pieces are a good exercise in how to blend both of these ideas together.
Right from the beginning, the space in these collages is not as deep as the ones in which I rely on value and color. But I think with practice I'll be able to use lines to further expand a space created with my other methods.
I'm pretty upset with how the third one came out. Only because the paper was a bit thicker and I am inexperienced with that kind of paper. The values did not come out as I wanted them to be. But hey, now I know that the thicker paper gives me problems. Something to figure out.
I'm really excited about these and what is to come for my work.
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