Presque Vu - Commune

This piece, the first in a series, was created using images from an old architecture book, and through this repetitive process, a new work developed: one that juxtaposes the physical world– black and white– with this partially hidden, brightly colored parallel universe. A new kind of city.
 
30x48x1.5" collage and airbrush on stretched canvas, unframed.
 
Presque Vu (French, almost seen) is a series of three works made from hundreds of images found in old books and magazines. These images, arranged into dense, sculptural forms, allude to the idea of parallel dimensions or hidden worlds where perception, space and time are upended. They give me a feeling much like trying to remember a dream from fragments of memory after waking. A feeling of desperation or longing as my conscious mind erases the memory to make room for the day's work.