Print/paper collage: New (and the making of it)

 

RTomens, 2023

Inspired by flicking through a book about Jacques Villeglé I made the piece above this afternoon. I can't pretend to be in the same league as either him or Mimmo Rotella, but it kept me occupied. 

Talking of Rotella, whilst in Cockfosters earlier this week we came across this...

,,,amazing, eh? It could have been a roadside exhibition of Rotella's work...almost.

To my delight there was further decollage nearby, from which I got this photo...

...the application of which to my torn collage gave me this...

So now you know.

Virus - Mimmo Rotella (1989) / The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Nice

Flicking through this book of Mimmo Rotella's work the other day I came across Virus. Seems apt to post it.

Then I remembered seeing some of his work in Nice and found this photo of me in the The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, one of my all-time favourite galleries, not just because it contains some great work but also, you know, it's surrounded by one of the greatest cities in Europe. I looked at a few other photos from our holiday...but was overcome by melancholia at the thought of holidays in the South of France in a time before we could even imagine the tragedy of the Chinese virus...and the thought of possibly never returning because, basically, we ain't got a job between us - bah!