Collage/Drawing: Self Portrait

Collage/Drawing Examples

Below are the student work examples that I WOULD have shown in class yesterday if I hadn't forgotten my flash drive.

An Archive Artist: Brian Belott

Brian Belott is an artist who collects and archives anything he can get his hands on. The collage method we worked on in class made me think a little bit of him. The first video below is a studio visit with him. The second video documents a huge collage he built. Below that is an odd collaborative performance piece of his called "The Wordless Chorus."

Just For The Fun Of It: Peter Jackson's "Dead/Alive"

OK, so, if you're squeemish, skip this one. Seriously. Don't watch this if you aren't a hardcore lover of gory horror films. In class a couple of weeks back the question was brought up about whether or not horror movies are more gruesome now than in the past, and I pointed out that in the 80s there was, in many case, far MORE gore than what we see in many newer films. So, I decided to post, just for the hell of it, this scene from Peter Jackson's (yes, the LOTR director) first film. It is known in the United Stated as "Dead/Alive". It has some other title in Australia that I can't remember now. Anyway, IF you can handle it, ENJOY!

In-Class Example Of Ink Wash (Wet On Wet)

The Artists Working With Limited Values From Class

Fernando Bryce

Vik Muniz

Elizabeth Peyton

Artist April Gornik Talks About Working From Photographs

So, there are often those who have asked me if we aren't breaking some cardinal rule by making drawings based on photographs rather than on direct observation. Well, there are plenty of artists out there that draw and/or paint with photographs as source material. Listen to April Gornik as she talks about her exhibition "Out Of Africa." When she describes her reasons for utilizing photographic source material, see what you think.