{"id":18048,"date":"2024-04-27T13:43:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T17:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=18048"},"modified":"2026-01-17T16:46:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T20:46:23","slug":"imcac-collage-exchange-warfare-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/18048","title":{"rendered":"IMCAC Collage Exchange &nbsp;~&nbsp; Warfare Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dixon_ArtOfWar.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dixon_ArtOfWar.jpg\" title=\"Art of War ~ J A Dixon ~ Click for the full image.\" width=\"143\" height=\"190\" \/ hspace=\"4\" vspace=9\" align=right \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dixon_WarOnHunger.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dixon_WarOnHunger.jpg\" title=\"War on Hunger ~ J A Dixon ~ Click for the full image.\" width=\"143\" height=\"190\" \/ hspace=\"4\" vspace=9\" align=right \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 93%; line-height: 155%; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: -6px; color: #666666; padding-right: 229px;\" align=\"left\"><em>The recent <a href=\"https:\/\/collagemuseum.com\/bakers-dozen-international-collage-exchange\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baker\u2019s Half Dozen Collage Exchange<\/a> sparked a new series of miniatures that quickly took on a warfare theme. Now to see which one the <a href=\"https:\/\/collagemuseum.com\/bakers-dozen-international-collage-exchange\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Museum<\/a> retains for its permanent collection.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dixon_CovertWar.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dixon_CovertWar.jpg\" title=\"Covert War ~ J A Dixon ~ Click for the full image.\" height=\"190\" hspace=\"2\" align=\"center\" vspace=\"7\" width=\"143\"\/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dixon_HolyWar.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dixon_HolyWar.jpg\" title=\"Holy War ~ J A Dixon ~ permanent acquisition by the Ontological Museum (OM.2024.022) ~ Click for the full image.\" height=\"190\" hspace=\"1\" align=\"center\" vspace=\"7\" width=\"143\"\/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dixon_WarCrimes.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dixon_WarCrimes.jpg\" title=\"War Crimes ~ J A Dixon ~ Click for the full image.\" height=\"190\" hspace=\"2\" align=\"center\" vspace=\"7\" width=\"143\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 88%; line-height: 135%; margin-top: -10px; margin-bottom: -9px; color: maroon; padding-left: 30px;\" align=\"left\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dixon_WarAndPeace.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dixon_WarAndPeace.jpg\" title=\"War and Peace ~ J A Dixon ~ Click for the full image.\" height=\"190\" hspace=\"2\" align=\"center\" vspace=\"7\" width=\"143\"\/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dixon_WarToEndWar.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dixon_WarToEndWar.jpg\" title=\"War to End War ~ J A Dixon ~ Click for the full image.\" height=\"190\" hspace=\"1\" align=\"center\" vspace=\"7\" width=\"143\"\/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dixon_GenderWar.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dixon_GenderWar.jpg\" title=\"Gender War ~ J A Dixon ~ Click for the full image.\" height=\"190\" hspace=\"2\" align=\"center\" vspace=\"7\" width=\"143\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 88%; line-height: 135%; margin-top: -10px; margin-bottom: -9px; color: maroon; padding-left: 30px;\" align=\"left\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dixon_WarOnDrugs.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dixon_WarOnDrugs.jpg\" title=\"War on Drugs ~ J A Dixon ~ Click for the full image.\" height=\"190\" hspace=\"2\" align=\"center\" vspace=\"7\" width=\"143\"\/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dixon_WarOnPoverty.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dixon_WarOnPoverty.jpg\" title=\"War on Poverty ~ J A Dixon ~ Click for the full image.\" height=\"190\" hspace=\"1\" align=\"center\" vspace=\"7\" width=\"143\"\/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dixon_WarOnHealth.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dixon_WarOnHealth.jpg\" title=\"War on Health ~ J A Dixon ~ Click for the full image.\" height=\"190\" hspace=\"2\" align=\"center\" vspace=\"7\" width=\"143\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 88%; line-height: 135%; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; color: maroon; padding-left: 30px;\" align=\"left\">\n<p>My eleven-part <em>Warfare Series<\/em> originated with no conscious intent nor anticipated interpretation and potentially serves as a kind of \u201ccollage rorschach.\u201d Images that personify both the greatest evil and the highest good have always found inclusion in my collage artwork from time to time. This kind of art is very different than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/17323\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">my representational collage<\/a>, although both are based on re-using and manipulating found paper that has little, if any, intrinsic value. Juxtaposing the detritus of our culture within this practice offers creative choices about what to use and what to ignore. I continue to be interested in the complex relationship between spontaneity, intuitive judgment, and subjective awareness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 88%; line-height: 133%; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 30px; color: maroon; padding-left: 30px;\" align=\"left\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The recent Baker\u2019s Half Dozen Collage Exchange sparked a new series of miniatures that quickly took on a warfare theme. Now to see which one the Museum retains for its permanent collection. &nbsp; My eleven-part Warfare Series originated with no conscious intent nor anticipated interpretation and potentially serves as a kind of \u201ccollage rorschach.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,187,119,18,71,63,35,26,92,664],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18048"}],"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=18048"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20370,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18048\/revisions\/20370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}