I’m really busy at the moment and have little time for the blog – hopefully things will quieten down soon. However, here is a ‘look at this’ post. Living in Spain, but not being Spanish, I sometimes come across wonderful work by people I’ve never heard of, one such is Alfonso Brezmes. On his site, you’ll find photographs, collages, animations
I see links to some of John Matturi’s work, but I really like the viewpoint he presents
The site is well worth spending time with, even though it is a flash site!
He currently has an exhibition in Madrid at camara oscura galeria de arte
One interesting thing I like is that the work is often presented as limited edition books – a great alternative to art on the wall
April 20th, 2009 - 2:07 am
I enjoy this reknown use of collage and photomontage. It seems to mimic the earlier artists of the Dada era. I also find Brezmes use of space in this medium interesting. Playing with the textures and colors within this space leave the viewer with a sense of wanting to see more.
On this lines of a “picture of a picture” this work plays with the flattened image as part of the concept. The viewer knows it is not a real space, but the eye wishes it to be so. The use of multimedia in the last image is probably my favorite. I feel this artist you know little about may bring back an art form with whimsical preludes that is missing in contemporary photography.