Collages – Page 8

Harvesters of Life and Breath

This is a collage of linoleum block and woodblock prints. It’s a celebration of the passing seasons, and harvesting crops. 2011.

This is an early print collage from 2004/2005. A woman with a bear head and a clock face reads crumpled over the morning news at a breakfast table on the middle of a hill. This piece is about feeling isolated in a society which is crumbling within itself. The original print was made from aContinue reading “No News is Good News”

Untitled Print Collage

Small Harvest

This is a linoleum block, spray paint, and wood block print collage. 2011. 12″ x 14″.

For Hannah Hoch

This image is an homage to German Dada artist Hannah Hoch. She was the lone woman in the Dada Berlin Group. Her feminist work critiques the rise of the mass culture beauty industry that was booming in the early to mid 20th Century. Much of my own collage work began through cutting up fashion magazinesContinue reading “For Hannah Hoch”

The Stage Is Ours

This is a linoleum and woodblock print collage. 2011. One mouse lovingly sings to another. The ground (or stage) below them is a crumbled world, while above them in the sky is the bright light of future possibility. This is a collage inspired by the Buenaventura Durruti quote, “The bourgeoisie might blast and ruin itsContinue reading “The Stage Is Ours”

Bird Ladies

This is an early print collage from 2004.

Cut Against the Contour

Another early collage from 2004/2005. This is a simple geometric exploration of the female form through collage. The soft contours of women cut from a fashion magazine are juxtaposed with the hand printed, rigid, geometric print patterns that allude to torso, head, feet, and shoulders. The accompanying maps allude to the idea of Body MappingContinue reading “Cut Against the Contour”

My Macaroon

This is an early collage from 2002-2003. Made with found blank purchase orders from a burned down warehouse in Pittsburgh and cut up National Geographic Magazines and women’s fashion magazines. This is a part of a series of early collages I made that was working to address issues of body image and the commodification ofContinue reading “My Macaroon”

Man, I Feel Like a Woman

This is an early collage from 2004/2005. With this print I was really trying to deconstruct the use in our culture of gender binaries. Animals are often used as metaphors for humans- often men are described as dogs and women as pussycats, so I wanted to use these animals as a part of this narrative. Continue reading “Man, I Feel Like a Woman”