{"id":7801,"date":"2017-02-26T12:33:21","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T16:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=7801"},"modified":"2017-08-12T11:36:52","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T15:36:52","slug":"the-surreal-face-part-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/7801","title":{"rendered":"The Surreal Face, Part Three"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAnd the hits just keep on coming!\u201d
\n\u2014 Bill Drake
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Forgive my indulgence as I direct our attention once again to a favorite category of collage artwork. Followers of our medium at Instagram<\/a>\u2019s deep, mind-bending repository of visual imagery will confirm my declaration that The Surreal Face<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is \"Accomplice<\/a>thriving in contemporary collage. I\u2019m not the only person who likes to showcase fine solutions by others (which includes the anonymous sponsor of a page called Strange is Better<\/a>). Call it a sub-genre or simply classify it under \u201821st-century Surrealism,\u2019 it is a phenomenon that shows no symptoms of decline. Perhaps it goes without saying that something so accessible to entry-level collage artists is also an approach that is difficult to master. Julia Lillard\u2019s devotion to the perennial subject<\/a> demands that I single her out for a future review. Below are are a few examples that have recently caught my eye, and the links will provide a more extensive look at their bodies of work.
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K\u00e9vin Ingrez<\/a><\/em><\/strong>
\nThis so-called amateur collagist<\/em><\/a> mines a rich vein of potential when it comes to the enduring genre of collage we continue to highlight.<\/p>\n

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Maja Egli<\/a><\/em><\/strong>
\nHer seamless blend of digital and handcrafted collage<\/a> exemplify the vitality of \u2018the Surreal Face\u2019 theme.<\/p>\n

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Jaroslav S\u030ckojec<\/a><\/em><\/strong>
\nAlthough collage artwork by the Czech artist has not received wide exposure, his provocative images<\/a> are shared regularly with Facebook users.<\/p>\n

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El Salto de Mendieta <\/a><\/em><\/strong>
\nA most intriguing artist, but I must admit that I cannot tell if this is an actual name or a pseudonym<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u00d8je Rum<\/a><\/em><\/strong>
\nThe Danish artist\u2019s long-running Silent Figure<\/a> series is dedicated to the undeniable mystery of \u2018the Surreal Face.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Olivia Descampe<\/a><\/em><\/strong>
\nJuxtapositions by the Berlin-based artist<\/a> are consistently bold, yet delicate, with no grim shadow to her surrealist approach.<\/p>\n

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Charles Wilkin<\/a><\/em><\/strong>
\nWilkin\u2019s distinctively undulating approach<\/a> to surrealism is highly recognizable and always elegant.<\/p>\n

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Evan Clayton Horback<\/a><\/em><\/strong>
\nThe Olympia-based artist frequently brings his signature mixed-media style<\/a> to a structured treatment of \u2018the Surreal Face.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Jon Garbet<\/a><\/em><\/strong>
\nHis colorful ideas<\/a> are typically minimalist and characterized by a offbeat sense of humor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cAnd the hits just keep on coming!\u201d \u2014 Bill Drake   Forgive my indulgence as I direct our attention once again to a favorite category of collage artwork. Followers of our medium at Instagram\u2019s deep, mind-bending repository of visual imagery will confirm my declaration that The Surreal Face is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,237,18,236,185,224,221,223,239,26,92,238],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7801"}],"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=7801"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9508,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7801\/revisions\/9508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}