I love this essay on your process. I can relate to much of it but you are more disciplined than I am! I have been attracted to your collages since finding them several years ago. It's your "eye," your aesthetic which resonates. So satisfying. But I have the feeling that one's method does not shape one's aesthetic. Fine-tunes it, yes. Yet there are so few artists who truly resonate with my own heart/ eye that I think the "eye" is in a different realm.
Perhaps you've addressed this mystery in another essay, I haven't read them all! And I'm interested in your thoughts on that.
Thanks again for consistently satisfying my eye, my artist soul.
I too enjoyed the backstory Cecil. I’ve been familiar with your work since the New Galley days in Houston but never knew your process until we reunited at Ferrari gallery. It’s fascinating to me that my process for collage is so similar and is one that I’ve come to love as much as any other medium. The importance of knowing about art history and the artist who came before you is prevalent for me in reading this. Thank you for sharing and can’t wait to see you again and pick your brain more about collage.
I am in a group show at Laura Rathe that open's tomorrow I believe. It was delayed a week because of the hurricane down there. (How did that go?) If you decide to go to the opening you should facetime me from the exhibition.
I enjoyed the "origin" story very much. The torn posters will always remind us of Paris, where they were always on view in the metros. We viewed them as an art installation. Because we never drove in Mexico, we never had that visual pleasure of the mixed up billboards.
I love this essay on your process. I can relate to much of it but you are more disciplined than I am! I have been attracted to your collages since finding them several years ago. It's your "eye," your aesthetic which resonates. So satisfying. But I have the feeling that one's method does not shape one's aesthetic. Fine-tunes it, yes. Yet there are so few artists who truly resonate with my own heart/ eye that I think the "eye" is in a different realm.
Perhaps you've addressed this mystery in another essay, I haven't read them all! And I'm interested in your thoughts on that.
Thanks again for consistently satisfying my eye, my artist soul.
Hi Ester, Thanks for your note and suggestion for another article. I'll think about that and write something. It is a mystery!
I too enjoyed the backstory Cecil. I’ve been familiar with your work since the New Galley days in Houston but never knew your process until we reunited at Ferrari gallery. It’s fascinating to me that my process for collage is so similar and is one that I’ve come to love as much as any other medium. The importance of knowing about art history and the artist who came before you is prevalent for me in reading this. Thank you for sharing and can’t wait to see you again and pick your brain more about collage.
I am in a group show at Laura Rathe that open's tomorrow I believe. It was delayed a week because of the hurricane down there. (How did that go?) If you decide to go to the opening you should facetime me from the exhibition.
I enjoyed the "origin" story very much. The torn posters will always remind us of Paris, where they were always on view in the metros. We viewed them as an art installation. Because we never drove in Mexico, we never had that visual pleasure of the mixed up billboards.