Tuesday, May 29, 2012


Medium: Collage               Size: 4x6 (each)

Recently viewed a Henri Matisse collage at the Carnegie Museum of Art.  The piece titled The Thousand and One Nights" and is on display until July 15th, 2012.  Its a very large piece and inspired me to start making small collage pieces.

The two pieces here, both untitled were created with the thought of the Matisse project.  His piece worked with a lot of hearts so I included those in these two pieces as well.  According to the information card supplied by the museum, the Matisse artwork also shows the passage of time from day to night (white lamp on left (day) to black lamp towards right (night)).  I added a sun and moon to one of the pieces to show the time change as well, but I think mines a little more obvious.  The piece on the right is showing the ebb and flow of love and the ups and downs found in relationships, but for every down there is an up.

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