Surrealist Techniques (5)

Did a fun little workshop yesterday on the topic of Surrealist techniques. So here are a couple more of my experiments with xeroxes that were source materials for paintings.

Mariko Gotō

Pounding maize

Sergej Ryabtsev

Poly Styrene

Macedonian woman

Pussy Riot

S.E. Rogie

Delia Derbyshire

Surrealist Techniques (4)

Janet Hsieh

Kitty Gallagher

Ahmad Ehbadi

Collage/decalcomania

Jolie Holland/Fayza Ahmad

Sviatoslav Richter/Naseebo Lal

Chikaha Rahma/Nico

John Lomax/anon. Nigerian musician in London

Surrealist Techniques (3)

The Vivian Girls

Cat Power/John Storm Roberts

Kel Hamza

The Flaming Lips

John Storm Roberts/Klezmer group

Jessica Lea Mayfield

Pounding maize

Nina Simone

K.B. Sundarambal

Antoñita Romero

Antoñita Romero
4" x 2.5", surrealist techniques and

digital manipulation on photograph, 2014

The series of works using surrealist techniques are still going. They count to nearly 100 now and the first one to be designated to be part of the Top 100 2013/14 is this image of Antoñita Romero. For the exhibition of the 100 works I plan on rephotographing this piece, print it bigger, mat it, and frame it. I painted Ms. Romero before (in 2010) and I wasn't going to do it again. It's a lovely painting, the one from 2010, but I don't understand why I didn't paint her characteristic fan sticking out from the top of her head. Antoñita Romero is Spanish and the style of music she sings is flamenco. The song Bereberito is a bit poppy compared to the deep serious emotional music flamenco is known for. I have it on a 45 and whenever I'm a party deejay I'm sure to include it in the playlist. Before this year I haven't been a party deejay since 2010, hence the omission in the in between years.

Surrealist Techniques (2)

Makes you think...50 images constructed in less than a week. Here's a second selection of of images created using surrealist techniques.

Egyptian woman with child

Egyptian women/Maria van Boekel

Busta Rhymes

Mark E. Smith/Khatereh Parvaneh

Naseebo Lal

Nadya Tolonnikova

M.I.A.

Cat Power

Surrealist Techniques

Over the years I've kept all the print-outs that were the source materials for top 100 paintings. A thousand pictures neatly organized in binders. Most pictures are black and white images downloaded from the internet. The intention always was for this to be a part of The Top 100 Archive, an ambition that I hope to establish within the next five years or so. My favorite pictures in the binders are those photos that have smudges of paint on it, notes to self for planning the painting, and corners torn off because they were taped to my easel. The images gathered in 2013 and 14 are not yet in binders. Loose sheets are scattered through my studio, some in manilla folders, others taped to the wall. I decided I would play with these pictures before they will be stored in sheet protectors inside a few new binders. Playing is fun and I've had lots of it during the last couple of evenings. The whole project started because of a homework assignment in my art appreciation course called Surrealist Games. I figured I should practice what I preach, thus out came the hobby materials. Cutting, pasting, and all sorts of change happenings through surrealist techniques. I wonder what my students will come up with. Thought I share some of this images. All images exist on 8.5" x 11" copy paper, and were all created in 2014. Materials used are black and white prints, acrylic paint, and pen. Try some yourself, you won't be disappointed.

Collage: M.I.A. and Karen Hill

Decalcomania: Björk

Decalcomania: Nekrasov Cossacks

Decalcomania: Alexander Scriabin

Decalcomania: Kathleen Hanna

Decalcomania: Rosa Balistreri

Étrécissement: Roro native and Faiza Ahmed

Tressage: Mariko Gotō and Celia Cruz

Outography: Huggy Bear and Nadia Tolokonnikova

Cubomania: Mariko Gotō and Edith Piaf

Outography/decalcomania:
Deben Battacharya and Khatereh Parvaneh