Gumbo
This is a little chaotic, admittedly, but I look at it being more “about” information than aesthetics. Most of the time when I’m making art I work from beginning to end on a piece trying to make all the parts harmonious, for a nice aethetic whole. But every so often i get fed up at that. It’s kind of delusional to me and not representative of the world, which is a loud mess of interweaving streams of information. When I get there, I enjoy making louder pieces like this, a mash up of leftover parts from my free art give away. The point isn’t to portray a unified vision, but to highlight the clash of the various streams of information that each decontextualized fragment represents. It’s not classically beautiful that way, but it appeals to me on a weird level.
“Sketch 344″ 12″ x 8″ mixed media collage. Special guest appearance by Rita Childress. Everyone give her a big round of applause! (She did the colorful blue and orange marker bit on the left side.
-JD
July 14, 2009 at 7:49 pm
i like it. do you spend alot of time labouring over the composition, or not much?
July 16, 2009 at 11:58 pm
I wouldn’t say I labor over the composition. I twiddle with it while the glue is wet, then react to that with the next layer and so on till nothing more will add anything.
July 14, 2009 at 7:54 pm
sometimes dissonance is what’s called for. i like this alot.
July 14, 2009 at 7:55 pm
oh, and Yay Rita!
July 14, 2009 at 10:32 pm
yay!! hey why dont you just call it gumbo? sketch 344 (or whatever it was) just isn’t as cool as gumbo. and we all know you try your best to fit in with all the cool kids
July 16, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Gumbo 344 works for me. Thanks Rita! I have more of your stuff waiting for the right context to use it.
July 16, 2009 at 9:14 am
Groucho Marx, wavy hair, cigar.
July 16, 2009 at 11:59 pm
Thanks Mark, Steph and Andrew!