Collage and A Return To The 70's

I haven't seen Colin Barnes for a while. It appears he's been working on a solo show about to happen in London. Check out his website here for a sneak peak of what's in store. Intuitive art meets 1970's aesthetic meets not what you were expecting from this grass roots hip hop man. His work is clean and minimal with no heavy underpinning, simply beautiful images. The layering of subject and texture requires them to be experienced first hand to be fully appreciated. Watch this space for details.

Making An Effort

Of late my blog may have appeared to be lacking in real effort. I have attended shows and been to galleries and museums and wish to write about all of them, but a new job has left me lacking vie at the end of the day. With that said, this evening I spent a good amount of time looking through scans to make a collage. The collage is a hot medium in the art world at present and highly appealing to someone who sees beauty in the found image. After selecting way more images than I needed, I had the daunting task of making them work together. Several cups of tea and some organic dark chocolate later I came to the conclusion that keeping things simple and using only a few images, makes the final result more effective. I started multiple collages, but the one below is the only one I felt was complete and made sense. I am going to attempt to create more assemblages on a regular basis and so comments and suggestions are welcome.