Another in my ‘Rejection Suite’ made of job application rejection letters on top of which I collaged self-rejected photos of mine. In each case I left showing certain words from the letter that hit me.
The Guillotine image came because of the bright red photo I had of the side of a vintage restored car. It had it on my art table with the yellow square next to it and saw the possibility of a head rolling out of the yellow square, simple as that. Thanks to Cyndi, my former sister-in-law for letting her head roll in this image.
Day four of the week long rejection suite images. The idea behind this series wasn’t just to do something with the rejection letters, it was to do something with the rejected photographs I had taken over the years. This collage is an example of that, using a boring ocean photo, two portraits that were just lighting experiments, and a flared and blurred photo of who the hell knows what. Each by themselves wouldn’t be of much interest but when put together with other images they certainly have much more value and purpose.
I like this one because of the simplicity of the statement that I allowed to show through combined with the scary tribal type face image. But I also love it because of personal reasons, the woman is my ex-sister-in-law and she was the model who would be enthusiastic about most anything I would suggest to do, including getting her face painted as seen here. Also the background is a very memorable image from my ex-wife’s house. The blinds would make a beautiful pattern with the sunlight in the late afternoon and there was a hanging stained glass piece in the window that would cast it’s color with the blinds straight lines.
This is the second in a week long posting of a series I did from about 1986-1993. This is one of my favorite of the series because I love the transition of the ocean and the clouds into her body and the dimension brought in by the hedge/sidewalk image on the right side.
I love the simplicity of the statement as well. ‘Know you know’.
The Rejection Suite – A new week, a new series of old. This one is my ‘rejection letter’ series. I applied for full-time, college level teaching jobs in fine art for approximately 8 years, from 1985-1993. I never did land that job. I started to take the rejection letters and collage some of my rejected photos on top of the letter. I let show through from the letter a word or series of words that had power and meaning out of context.
