I am please to announce that I will be hosting artist Michael deMeng again this year in Wall, New Jersey. The dates are Oct. 5 and 6th 2013.
As far I as know there is no such thing as
a Saint or Deity of Discarded things,
which is a pity because
there are many like me who wander the
highways and byways looking for bits of
detritus to incorporate into
o
artwork. Seems like an activity worthy of
guidance or protections. In fact I recall
one instant where I was
traveling Oaxaca Mexico in a large van
with 10 or so students. On the side of
the road we passed a large
dumpsite filled with oxidized goodies…all
of a sudden everyone in the van starts
oohing and ahhhing. The
driver looked a bit bewildered, and
wondered what in the world a bunch of
gringos would find so interesting
about an orange-ish/red heap of metal.
Little did he know, that to us, it was as
if we came across the holy
grail. The possibilities of creation were
endless. In this class we are going to
create a found object patron,
saint or deity that will aid in our artistic
endeavors of finding and recreating from
discarded things. Using
some sort of structure to build of (such as an iron, a shoe, a phone, a shadow box…just about anything) we
will create a place for our effigy to
watch over our undertakings. This shrine
will be filled with all sorts of
unusual elements as adornment but will
also serve as a place to add future bits
of randomness.
the fee is $200 paypal directly to Michael via paypal. Please email, me, at keeshagirl4@aol.com for more information.
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