THEME: COLLAGE
entry #1
title: Funnyman
size: 16" x 20"
media: acrylic paint, colored paper and newspaper comics (on stretched canvas)
artist's statement: none given
entry #2
title: Let's Make a Deal
size: 16" x 20"
medium: stencil on canvas
artist's statement: none given
entry #3
title: untitled
size: 9" x 12"
media: mixed media collage on arches 140 lb. cold press
artist's statement: none given
(one more here)
entry #4
title: A Brief History of the World
size: 23" x 18"
media: mixed media on wood
artist's statement: dinosaur fossil, tank, 100 dollar bill images - present vs history, fossil vs crucifix, religion vs science, earth vs man, nature vs technology, soil vs metal, the real vs the virtual, and the constant pursuit of military and financial world dominance.
an original verse in ink on piece:
"The surface crumbles but remains, re-shifting through time, bone and soil, blood and metal, clean and simple."
(more photos here, here, and here)
entry #5
title: Farah
size: 48" x 48"
media: collage, spray paint stencil on canvas
artist's statement: none given
entry #6
title: Vanishing Youth
size: 11" x 14"
media: mixed media collage on canvas
artist's statement: none given
(more photos here, here, and here)
entry #7
title: Capone 500
size: 18" x 24"
media: mixed media (acrylic, acrylic transfer, gold leaf, cotton material) on 1/2" birch panel
artist's statement: I created this thinking, maybe the parallels between the 30's and the current economic situation will spawn a new Capone (or perhaps Madoff, etc are already the new Capones). Used newspaper image I liked, announcing his conviction (Oct 18, 1931), and an image of the 1928 500 dollar bill that was in circulation during his time. I liked the decadence of the bill, and I really like the number. And I used an actual piece of cotton material for the handkerchief, w/ a little smear of red, as a reminder he was directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people. I never realized he was such a baby-faced guy (this is what he looked at around the time of his conviction in 1931). Bob Hoskins just has to play him at some point (maybe he has already?). His eyes were pretty freaky, what I might best describe as sleepy cold.
(more photos here, here, and here)
entry #8
title: untitled
size: 15" x 22"
media: collage, candyapple, stencil, hand embellished
artist's statement: none given
entry #9
title: With the Riches Come the Spoils
size: 11" x 17"
medium: sprayed stencil on paper
artist's statement: decided on a current event involving a central figure for source material.
entry #10
title: Rorschach
size: 16" x 20"
media: acrylic and collage on canvas
artist's statement: none given
(more photos here and here)
entry #11
title: World Trade Center Memorial @ Fresh Kills Landfill Section
size: 40" x 80"
media: large format copy, colored pencil, paper collage
artist's statement: none given
entry #12
title: It All Adds Up
size: 11" x 14"
media: mixed media collage on canvas
artist's statement: none given
(more photos here, here, here, and here)
remember, the poll is open for four days only, so vote early! two votes per person this time!
TheGiant.org Art Contest is BACK!!! I've gotta let these simmer for a bit and hopefully my two favorites will rise to the top...
a number nice pieces. still, a couple definitely rise to the top 
