CC: DILJS (Do it like John Stezaker) - USA

CC: DILJS (Do it like John Stezaker)

For this swap we'll attempt to do it like John Stezaker. Stezaker was one of the first generation of British conceptual artists exhibiting in the late 1960s and early 1970s. His main inspirations were Gerhard Richter and Sigmar Polke – painters heavily influenced by photography. He started making photomontages while at the Slade art school in 1968. The idea came from being exposed to an unlimited flow of images produced by mass media and popular culture. However, Stezaker asserts that he does not have to look for images - they find him. This is how he describes the process of arriving at the final work: “Images in charity shops are like orphans, they’ve lost their context or culture, they’ve gone a little bit out of date. They’ve been neglected and overlooked for years and people have passed them by, then suddenly here I am, the alternative foster home. But unfortunately I then inflict terrible abuse down in the basement where I cut them up.”

Let's try to "channel" Stezaker's style. What I see ...

*Spliced images
*Glamorous 1950's movie star portraits
*Creative use of portraits and landscapes
*Realistic imagery to create an optical illusion

What else do you see in his style? Comment below to help one another identify what it is about his collages that make them so unique.

Creative Collage General Rules

The focus of the art should be collage, but feel free to use other media and techniques.

Postcards can be any size but no smaller than 4 x 6 inches. Apply proper postage depending on size and bulk.

This is sender's choice so you can begin now.

Create something wonderful.

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