Collage

For our collage piece, we gathered onto Zoom so that way the three of us could collaborate in real time with each other. Over the call we discussed the project and how we wanted to go about it. One of the challenged we faced was the fact that none of us have much skills when it comes to using Gimp or Photoshop. We knew that whatever idea we came up with would have to work best with our current skills and resources.

After a short time of throwing ideas around we decided that we wanted to create something relevant to what we are going through today. Our original plan was so make a collage of a bunch of pictures and object that relate to the Corona Virus and our lives in quarantine. Eventually, our idea morphed into an Andy Warhol-inspired grid, where 6 separate photos containing letters would spell out COVID-19.

After assigning each of us two letters, we ended the zoom call so we could go take individual photos of ourselves holding up pieces of paper with our given letters. Once this was complete, we sent our photos via email to Jose, who volunteered to piece the collage together.

COVID-19 is an extremely relevant topic in our lives today and many artists are creating fantastic pieces of work in response. Andy Warhol was very aware of the times and often create pieces that gave art viewers a snapshot of modern life. Even when Warhol created his collage-type pieces, where the same photo is repeated over and over again, not every photo is exactly like the other. Some change in color, others change tone. Similar to this, our collage will be essentially the same photo, with the same concept, but the letter and person holding it will change.

We chose to create something inspired by Andy Warhol because of his everyday approach to creating art that pertained to everyday occurrences.  He would create are that you would see news about in the news or the papers.  Violence, death, etc.. We chose him over other artists like Hosh and Duchamp who would also create art on relevant topics, but most of theirs would come from a place in particular like women's suffrage and women's issues.  Warhol didn't focus on anything in particular, he would address any and everything he felt a need to put on display.