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I Create Cynical Collages That Tell The Uncomfortable Truth About Our Modern World
I make collages from newspapers, mixing up one image with another, usually found from the same newspaper examining the craziness of the modern world. All of my images are hand-made, without the use of computers. I find the images in newspapers, magazines given on trains, buses and bins.
My collages work to a basic rule of sourcing just two or three images. With these I can reinvent the original scene to communicate a new idea.
I suppose I’ve become fairly anti-technology. Although I now promote my art on websites, own an iPhone and use Facebook. It’s confusing, I wish I had been born 100 years ago.
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Thirst II
Covering The Cracks
Camping
Park Life
International Response
Cat Walk
It sad but true.. we honored and adored fashion.. luxury ..rich life style.. infotainment.. while we forgot there are people out there living in poverty.. starvation.. and we pretend not knowing about it or simply just ignore it. It sad really.
Meat
Arctic Tan
Thirst
Distractions II
Tear Gass
Mixed Up
Gucci
Atomic Tan
Thirst III
On A Platter
Entertaining The Troops
Treadmill
Thirst
On The Beach
Home Sweet Home II
Jaws
Fireworks
Tune In
Harvest V
Seaside
Home Sweet Home III
Freeze
Home Sweet Home
Life's A Beach II
Advertisement Feature
Life's A Beach
Very thought provoking. It shows, to me, how much we will look for distractions instead of taking notice of what we should be trying to improve.
You got that right. This is the vapid chunking of a deep beta.
Load More Replies...Western culture is to live a happy life, there is nothing wrong with that. The problem is the corrupt third world country leaders who do nothing for their people and keep all their countries wealth for themselves. First world countries donate millions every year to these places and yet somehow they're still suffering
Joe these are brilliant!! I love them!! I love looking at things like this!!!:-)
MY GOODNESS THOSE PHOTOS ARE EPIC. CARRY SO MUCH POWER YET SADNESS OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD...
Joe, these are brilliant! Love it! Like myself, you are an artist with a message. Your skill is remarkable. Keep doing what you're doing. There is no shortage of subject matter.
Painting #1 - Thirst II, is there a chance i can blow this up and use as poster on my wall? I really do like it that much.
There isn't anything original about these kind of images. Collage art has been around a long time and lots of people do it.
In my opinion modern technology is not a bad thing. The issue is that most of it is produced in a way that harms the environment and encourages unfair labour practices for profitability. Instead of swimming against the tide it is better to work towards making technology in a socially and environmentally responsible way. Let's be honest, everything we as humans do harms the planet, the best we can do is minimise the damage.
Why do most of these collages feature women in some way? It seems to say that women are somehow to blame, or are being portrayed as negative. Maybe it is because they were the only images you could find, but it does seem rather biased against women and their role n these seemingly negative collages.
None of this is remotely clever, insightful, or -- least of all -- approaching the truth. A c-level "artiste" doth not a Man Ray make.
Very thought provoking. It shows, to me, how much we will look for distractions instead of taking notice of what we should be trying to improve.
You got that right. This is the vapid chunking of a deep beta.
Load More Replies...Western culture is to live a happy life, there is nothing wrong with that. The problem is the corrupt third world country leaders who do nothing for their people and keep all their countries wealth for themselves. First world countries donate millions every year to these places and yet somehow they're still suffering
Joe these are brilliant!! I love them!! I love looking at things like this!!!:-)
MY GOODNESS THOSE PHOTOS ARE EPIC. CARRY SO MUCH POWER YET SADNESS OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD...
Joe, these are brilliant! Love it! Like myself, you are an artist with a message. Your skill is remarkable. Keep doing what you're doing. There is no shortage of subject matter.
Painting #1 - Thirst II, is there a chance i can blow this up and use as poster on my wall? I really do like it that much.
There isn't anything original about these kind of images. Collage art has been around a long time and lots of people do it.
In my opinion modern technology is not a bad thing. The issue is that most of it is produced in a way that harms the environment and encourages unfair labour practices for profitability. Instead of swimming against the tide it is better to work towards making technology in a socially and environmentally responsible way. Let's be honest, everything we as humans do harms the planet, the best we can do is minimise the damage.
Why do most of these collages feature women in some way? It seems to say that women are somehow to blame, or are being portrayed as negative. Maybe it is because they were the only images you could find, but it does seem rather biased against women and their role n these seemingly negative collages.
None of this is remotely clever, insightful, or -- least of all -- approaching the truth. A c-level "artiste" doth not a Man Ray make.