{"id":12993,"date":"2019-11-17T13:59:46","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T17:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=12993"},"modified":"2024-04-10T10:44:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T14:44:30","slug":"the-apprentice-merzologist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/12993","title":{"rendered":"The Apprentice Merzologist"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cFor some time, we have been inspired by the work of mr.babies<\/em>. He frequently uses large eyes and sweeping vistas. His work, while expressive and multicolored, also hints at the human longing for place. mr.babies<\/em> is known for posting a series of images that integrate one shared element placed on a variety of backgrounds At the end of the series, the viewer often finds the completed piece. To us, this visually represents the (often lifelong) journey to find belonging.\u201d
\n\u2014 Doug + Laurie Kanyer
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Kindly take a look at my submission to the OPEN CALL opportunity by the Doug + Laurie Kanyer Art Collection<\/strong><\/em><\/a> on the theme of \u201cfinding a place of my own.\u201d The Yakima-based couple are building a repository of contemporary collage and using Instagram<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, and other devices to elevate their agenda in the art world.<\/p>\n

My take on this idea is to turn inward on the medium of collage itself, with a veteran \u201cMerzologist\u201d mentoring his young prot\u00e9g\u00e9 on the intricacies of the Kurt Schwitters<\/a> legacy.<\/a> I\u2019ve explored placing the central element against different backgrounds from my previous compositions, according to the constraints of the project. A final pasted version integrates the same subject within an entirely new \u201cterrain\u201d of ingredients created specifically for the entry. It\u2019s my first official salute to a hundred years of Merz<\/em> \u2014 in all likelihood, the most pioneering concept in the history of collage.
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As an artist, Merz<\/em><\/a> means more to me than finding a place of my own. In the words of the great innovator, it is about \u201ccreating relationships, preferably between all things in the world.\u201d I know that I\u2019ve used the quotation a number of times at this site, but is it not as true today as it ever has been? Upwards of 500 works have been submitted to the Kanyer exercise from artists worldwide, another indication of how collage has exploded in the emerging era of social networks.
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The Apprentice Merzologist<\/em><\/strong>
\ncollage on book cover by J A Dixon
\n8.5 x 11 inches
\npart of the #findingaplaceofmyown<\/em> project<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cFor some time, we have been inspired by the work of mr.babies. He frequently uses large eyes and sweeping vistas. His work, while expressive and multicolored, also hints at the human longing for place. mr.babies is known for posting a series of images that integrate one shared element placed on a variety of backgrounds At […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,1,160,24,13,18,5,464,63,92],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12993"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12993"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18045,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12993\/revisions\/18045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}