“dada! da” handmade collage + painting

Mi nuevo collage.

"El cosmoperrillo"

Collage sobre tabla 2020.

Papel collé del 2018 14x17cm Feliz en su día . . . . . #papiercolle #collage #papel #revista #musica #musicos #flaco #flacospinetta #luisalbertospinetta #spinetta (en Río Colorado, Rio Negro, Argentina) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7rdvp6DQGA/?igshid=11yhboudtyfbs

Tandis qu'émeric séchait ... #jeudemotrigolo #assemblage #papiercolle #contemporaryart #bricolage #art #collageart #collage (à Elbeuf, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu1mDjSHGan/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=iblajqjdr6am

Papier collé στα γαλλικά σημαίνει επικολλημένο χαρτί ή κομμένο χαρτί και είναι ένας τύπος τεχνικής κολάζ, στον οποίο το χαρτί πρσκολλάται σε μια επίπεδη επιφάνεια. Διαφοροποιείται η συγκεκριμένη τεχνική, αν και συχνά αναφέρεται ως γενικός όρος κολάζ, από το γεγονός ότι χρησιμοποιείται σε αυτήν αποκλειστικά η χρήση του χαρτιού, ενώ στο κολάζ γενικά μπορούν να υπάρχουν και άλλα υλικά. Στην εικόνα βλέπουμε ένα έργο της Ksenia Rundin, Papier Collé, 2016

http://thestylefibula.com/papiers-colles/

Collage project. The subject is the “comparison”, for this project I used only photos I found in magazines. I put together different subjects to underline how much in fashion field and advertising the models are very similar each others and “standard” and also for the light setting, composition, poses etc... Photo: ©Melania Cornali

小説月光　3号 南原企画・編 東京デカド社 表紙：パピエ・コレ

Painting from 1999, back in the day... . . . . . #oldpainting #throwbackthursday #thursdaythoughts #contemporarypainting #essexartist #oldartwork #collage_expo #instacollage2 #collagecollective #papiercolle #90sart #90saesthetic https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqfw9-3lKYw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ae19n8ejen3

On an artist I admire...

When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st, "Beauty is truth, truth beauty, — that is all  Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."

(Ode to a Grecian Urn, John Keats)

 There are books and books, poems, millions of them, like the very stars in the sky- yet we chance upon one or a few who then begin to shine for us, and together, we make it a journey to call it our very own. Art like Poetry and books resonates to us with its own individual calling. We read many books to find out what is there in store for us; and yet, there are few others that we like to visit and revisit time and again, so much so that it becomes our calling-our homecoming of sorts. These remain timeless memories, our classics that we like to go back to time and again on a point of reference, and we find that the more we read , the more we rediscover, and the more we actually  connect to it, discovering facets we had not caught on earlier. For me, Art too like books must make that connection. It is not that ‘piece of jewellery’ that one would like to show off, without being able to relate to.  It is not important for me to say which

I walked into the garden of art, first merely observing and then understanding. Many many works I admired, but yet one artist stood out among the rest- Artist V.V.Ramani.  I watched his process, his ability to transcend across barriers and boundaries of medium and the disciplines of art. What struck me as singular was the way in which he allowed one art to flow into another borrowing phrases from one discipline to meld into another- to me it seemed as if one small stream met up with a river and together they began to flow ahead to meet other bodies of water. In an age, where there are clear boundaries- geographical and all else ,I find  resonance in Ramani’s works where I am able to identify myself with the art work and seek to find my own meaning .  

True art like poetry must be felt and experienced in our own way. In both fields, it is often the critic who tries to explain that the poet/artist ‘perhaps meant it this way’. Artists seldom wrote explaining why and what. Nor did poets. Yet, viewers and audiences through ages have found meaning reading, re-reading, seeing, re-seeing and finally failing to understand why a particular poem appeals to them- is it that the poem has perhaps touched a chord in the reader when he mentioned about the child? Did the artist perhaps understand the pain of the viewer? We will never know and there is really no need to know. It is that bond made possible through that special channel that one finds completion of one’s inability to express the same feelings perhaps!

V.V.Ramani has worked in various mediums of art- painting, drawing, oil pastels understanding theatre, dance and music too. But the one medium that became his expression engulfing him so completely was and is papier colle. Initially, he used pastels and paints to add dimensions to his collages, but slowly when he immersed himself into the layers of paper understanding it , he began to work almost Zen-like allowing the paper image to dictate the final artwork and not the other way around. He sat for hours – days would change into months without anything happening. In the beginning , I confused it for lethargy- but there was tremendous activity in the mind going on in the seemingly quiet exterior- a disquiet in the quiet actually.  There were  times, he listened to music continuously – sometimes singing along and at other times just listening. At those times, the music somehow managed to enter the artwork too capturing its haunting melodies.

Since he was in love with textiles and is a designer too, it was but natural for these influences to come into his art work too- he would have added on attention of detail to the costume of the dancer, or her jewellery perhaps, or it could be the sets he had designed for stage or a wedding that stayed on, or even a dance performance that inspired him visually that he had to pour it out in the form of an art work- every single line of his work/study weaved its way into his work sometimes consciously or most times inadvertently.

To me,  Navarasa ( papier colle ) is the one that resonates with me the most. Nine emotions. Nine individual portraits.  Theatre, music , dance and poetry all at once poured from different containers to complete a whole gamut of emotions. While it would be much simpler to show expression through ink or paint, the challenge for an artist working through collage is manifold. There are existing images which have to be used as it is to redefine newer meaning without compromising on colour, detail or expression. This was a consciously created work therefore which sought to express through expressions and emotions . The work when it was finally created managed to communicate without requiring verbal language fulfilling the true meaning of the adage: “ A picture is worth a thousand words”.  Colours of red and black were used for anger and fear and yet the way he has used a coil of wire to depict the mouth for fear and the gritting of teeth for anger makes it so different from each other. A coin to show surprise of an open mouth, or a plate of noodles to depict an eye to show laughter brings humour to the forefront too. Disdain or disgust has been expressed not only by the hues of browns and black but also by the twist of the mouth . Romantic poets spoke often of the full red lips and the artist brings forth the portrait of a blue boy with prominent red lips. A slow tear threatening to fall from the eye of the man shows sorrow, while the only portrait with the moustache expresses the emotion of valour. Finally, when he shows  abiding peace, he depicts a beautiful golden yellow symbolizing ‘from darkness to light’ and depicting a red bindu on the forehead. The streams of influences including an understanding of influences of various cultures make it more meaningful. To me each of the portraits speak to me and I find my image with the emotion of the day. It even makes me want to sit with a poem even as I look to gaze at it tirelessly. The Navarasa thus made its entry striking a chord with my different emotions at different points of time.

"By the numbers" #collage #collageart #collageartist #collageoftheday #collageoftheday #contemporaryart #canadianart #cutouts #abstractart #abstractcollage #yyjarts #victoriabc #victoriabc_ig #victoriaartist #westcoastart #westcoastartist #tbounsall #tonybounsall #cutandpaste #papiercolle

"utainagara-yuke" handmade collage

februllage 2024 day 24: song @februllage

Collage by Towa Tei

Georges Braque #georgesbraque #frenchartist #painting #drawing #collage #fauvism #fauvisme #cubism #cubisme #cubismo #analyticcubism #simultaneousperspective #contenplationofobjects #papiercolle #worldwarone

A pied ou en vélo. Au centre-ville de La Rochelle. #papiercolle #collage #larochelle #streetart #vélo #rue #street #art #papier (à La Rochelle, France)

月光　11号　特集＝娼婦　 南原企画・編 東京デカド社 COVER DESIGN：長澤均（パピエ・コレ）

Another old painting of mine from back in the 90s . . . . . #oldpainting #throwbackthursday #thursdaythoughts #contemporarypainting #essexartist #oldartwork #collage_expo #instacollage2 #collagecollective #papiercolle #paintcollage #collageandpaint https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqfwpf2FAbS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=k65ngjzegu7o