After my tutorial with Steffi I decided to change my idea slightly for 'The Commission project'. Instead of just using recycled clothing I'm going to look into a way to make my images more recycled. To do this I'm going to look into creating a collage using my own portrait images and fashion editorials from magazine to recycle photography as well as the clothes. Steffi also suggested using stitching and different ways I could make my images appear more recycled.
Garrett Pruter
Garrett Pruter describes his artwork as being something that is “on the verge of being forgotten.” He makes collages that are intricately detailed using old photographs that are old family portraits or what he has collected from second hand stores. The images he creates have a nostalgic feel to them as they draw inspiration from the past. He fuses images together along with magazine images he has cut out to represent the short span photographs have.
The Christian L’Enfant Roi Autumn/Winter 2012/13 ad campaign fuses there menswear collection with images of nature and urban areas. The cut out images make the ad campaign stand out which inspired me to cut out my own portraits and to add them to other images I found. By collagen images of people with natural and urban landscapes plays with human perception
John Stezaker
Stezaker creates art work out of images he found in books, magazines and old postcards. He juxtaposes them together and removes the images original context and conveys his own one. Im his series 'Marriage' he uses pictures of classic film stars and overlaps there faces which add a comical feel to them. Stezaker produces recycled work by using old images that would have been forgotten this method inspired me to use images in my own work from old magazines.
Hollie Chastain
Hollie Chastain creates abstract images by using old photography, ink and aged paper. Chastain cuts the people out from the images and places them on the yellow paper and decorates them with doodles and scribbles as she enjoys how all the materials interact with each other. When talking about her work she states that “she creates a world of adventure and secrets open for the viewer’s interpretation.”
Melinda Gibson creates carefully constructed collages out of her own photographic prints and images she has collected. When talking about her work she says : "I am interested in the changing perspectives of the photographic medium, how images are viewed and understood through the technological advances in photography and the help and hindrances this begins forth into our contemporary culture." This is represented in Gibson's work as images are layered and cut in a way that allows us to question reality. Gibson's work is very surreal as she uses colours, patterns and photograph to create images with a bizarre context.
Bobby Neel Adams
Bobby Neel Adams terms his work as 'Photo-surgery' as he alters portraits by using a collage technique. HIs work looks at the transformation of the human body by getting older and circumstances. Adams takes the portraits on film and then merges two of the portraits together by cutting the subjects in halve. The outcome are these very bizarre portraits that at first look as if they are one person but in fact are of two different people merged together.
Arian Behzadi
Arian Behzadi collages old newspaper clippings and vintage inspired fashion portraits together to create a new fashion image. This series of work appealed to me because of how the photographer has recycled old newspaper clippings to create a piece of art, the images gave me an idea to use receipts from purchased clothing instead of the newspaper background to emphasise mass consumption in the fashion industry. By overlapping images creates a very vibrant and dramatic picture as you can't help but wonder what each section of the collage is about.
Yelena Yemchuk
Photographer Yelena Yemchuk created a fashion editorial for the 6th issue of Tar Magazine. The editorial was called ‘Décolletage Extreme' and features model that has been styled by using other images in a collage way. The images have a very surreal and dream like feel to them as Yemchuk has placed objects we see everyday in different places and in a different context such as having a glove placed on the models head. I love the idea of layering different images together as it means you are recycling images to create art work.
Pierre Debusschere
Photographer Pierre Debusschere created an editorial called 'The Day The World Went Away’. It features model Yannick Abrath in a collage style effect and creates a relationship between humans and nature by projecting natural landscapes on the model. By layering another image on top of the portrait creates a very dream like picture and gives the portraits a very surreal feel.
Cut-out
One of my idea's was to cut out my own photographs so I can turn them into a collage with fashion photography from old magazines so I recycling fashion in two different ways.
Onur Dogu - Kerem Tezgel Spring/Summer 2012
Kerem Tezgel Spring/Summer 2012 Pre-Collection cookbook is presented in a cut out style. The images were taken by photographer Onur Dogu and features models in sports wear inspired clothing. By making the images look as if they have been cut out makes them look very dramatic and makes them stand out. It also makes the images look as if they have been recycled from another magazine which is the effect I want to create in my own work.
Stitching
I decided to research into artists who have used a form of stitching in there art work. As my images are about second hand fashion and mass consumption in the fashion industry I felt that the use of stitching in my work will emphasise the fashion aspect of my work.
Val Britton
Val Britton creates collages that mimc the visual language seen in maps. They are made by connecting pieces of paper together by drawing, painting or by using collage. Britton also uses methods such as stitching, printing, and staining the canvas. Britton's aim is to connect to his dead father by his artwork. The images have a dreamy feel to them however they are also very structured because of the line work.
Matthew Cox
'Embroidered X-Rays' is a series of work by artist Matthew Cox. The work consists of x-rays which are partially covered by embroidery. X-Rays are usually seen as being depressing however Cox brings them to life by adding colour to them and by giving a narrative and personification to the person who owns the bones. When talking about his work Cox says “For me, stitching has a nurturing aspect and acts as care giving or healing to the injured, a socially feminine sort of action, while the x-ray itself can be considered masculine and unemotional.” By using two different materials he has created an interesting mix of masculine and feminine.
Inge Jacobson & Sebastian Faena
Artist Inge Jacobson and photographer Sebastian Faena worked together to create cross- stitch fashion photo's. It took Jacobson over 2'000 hours too complete the series of images, the result is images that have a very intricate feel as there is a lot of attention to detail. This series is a reinterpretation of Sebastian Faena's Fall/ Winter 2011 campaign, it brings to life the images because of how intricate they are. The images highlight the lost art of cross-stitching and shows how they can still be used in modern day life.
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