{"id":11780,"date":"2019-01-14T22:06:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T02:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=11780"},"modified":"2021-02-27T17:32:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T21:32:55","slug":"strategic-quake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/11780","title":{"rendered":"the uncanny path . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhat more can we ask than to never know what to expect?\u201d
\n\u2014 Paul Violi
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The opening reception for the annual New Year New Art<\/em><\/a> exhibition at our Community Arts Center was a massive success. Collage artist Connie Beale had a superb artwork<\/a> on display, but she managed to slip out before we could include her in a group picture. So, we asked the ever-helpful Kate Snyder to grab a shot of \u201cthree collage dudes,\u201d back in the corner where Robert Hugh Hunt was showing a new addition to his \u201c20th Century Icons\u201d series \u2014 President Jimmy Carter<\/em><\/a>. I was delighted to see included within the mixed-media portrait a collection of Jimmy heads<\/a> that I\u2019d surrendered to Robert earlier in the year. \"Strategic<\/a>Strangely enough, the envelope had been lurking in my stash for decades, after the faces were clipped from newspapers during the Carter presidency. It can take a while for certain elements to find their destination, on the uncanny path toward a collage outcome.<\/p>\n

My Harmonic Squall<\/em><\/a> was hanging nearby. As these things often play out, I was a bit more pleased with the piece each time I saw it. The residual sense of heightened criticism was continuing to wear off. One certainly doesn\u2019t want the effect to move in an opposite progression. It makes me think of the companion artwork that just as easily could have been part of the exhibition \u2014 an extreme vertical that I called Strategic Quake<\/em><\/a>. Both were the result of an evolved process that I touched on in last week\u2019s entry. I\u2019ve been meaning to post the one that wasn\u2019t selected, too (above), along with an image detail (below, for a zoomed-in look). \u201cSpatial manipulation, a unified color scheme, and compositional balance\u201d might be a good way to describe the goals I\u2019ve set for a collage abstraction. It needs to look strong from a distance, with the ingredients becoming the \u201cbrushstrokes\u201d that provide visual interest at a closer viewing distance.
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Strategic Quake<\/em><\/strong> (detail)
\ncollage on fabric by J A Dixon
\n12.5 x 28.25 inches
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