Of course, the camera is not just a camera that impresses a shape through light. I wanted to accentuate certain traits in a dramatic way, trying almost desperately to recognize myself in an image that was not created by me but by the camera. One of the first self-portraits were created with photography and filters. The surviving self-portraits, maybe they are simply a necessity to reinvent myself.
I think I painted four or five self-portraits, some of them I also think I threw it away, because it bothered me, I didn’t recognize myself in it or maybe I recognized myself too much. There is almost an astonishment in confronting myself with the mirror, I almost never see the two parts adhere.įor this reason I never recognize myself in a self-portrait. Maybe because I am not able to make a synthesis between the inner and the outer self, always finding a deep gap between the image I see reflected in the mirror or in photography and what I perceive of myself inside. The internal image I have of myself does not necessarily coincide with the external one. The psychological study of myself passes through the channels of expression and I don’t like to project who I am and what I do on a canvas as a self-portrait or by photographing myself. So my person only counts for that which produces and creates. I use words for that, and in this specific case I don’t talk about me directly but I use poetry to communicate thoughts and moods.įrom my point of view, I think I’m more interesting as a medium to get the message across. I belong to that category of artists who don’t like to retract oneself. Painting yourself as the unique subject of the painting, inserting yourself in your own image in a context as a visitor, painting yourself as a saint, as a famous person, painting yourself inside paintings hanging in architectural backgrounds and so on: self-portrait is always an affirmation of yourself, whatever form you choose to use.ĭürer has painted himself countless times, as has Van Gogh or Ligabue, but also Kahlo, while Klimt has never had any interest in making a self-portrait. Self-portrait can be defined as a collage of psychology, painting technique, self-assertion, even self-motivating. Self-portrait has also had different meanings in history, for example in a historical period like the Renaissance, self-portrait determined the affirmation in the world of one’s own talent, while in the contemporary world there has been a greater search for introspection and dialogue with one’s own image often not perceived outside as inside oneself. The background can also be made with a texture or pattern or kept as transparent, which is useful if you want to paste this shape/word on some other picture/document or against other backdrops of your choice.Īpart from all other purposes like Greetings Card, a welcome message on glass panel, these trendy collages are great as customized wallpaper designs which will surely brighten up your interior.Self-portrait is the description, almost a collage, of one’s own physical and moral qualities, of one’s own defects, of one’s own merits, both in pictorial and literary form.īut is it so simple to describe what a self-portrait is?ĭescribing one’s own physical form in a self-portrait is an enormous, almost impossible task in itself.īecause it is a portrait of oneself filtered by what the artist imagines of oneself, and it is not necessarily a portrait that describes the here and now, the immediate presence of the artist, but it can for example be a self-portrait based on a not recent photo. You can tell us the background color of the Collages(though white is the best for contrast). In Word Collage, you specify 1-3 words, a short sentence or wish may be, such as – “HAPPY B’DAY”, “I AM SORRY”, “THANK YOU”, “CONGRATS !”, “MISSING YOU” etc. can be some innovative creative ideas you can play with. Heart Shaped Mosaic printed on crystals, glasses, tiles or marbles, Couples embossed on wooden plaque etc.
A Shape Mosaic can also be cut along the shape after printing on any surface. Hence this takes more time to design and obviously a more aesthetically pleasing artwork. But Shape Mosaic is more similar to a “ Photo Mosaic” – wherein a particular Shape is completely mosaiced with small tiles placed in an orderly fashion. In Shape Collage the photos are placed haphazardly on one another to give a casual look and hence much easier(and cheaper) to design. Now there is a difference between “Shape Collage” and “Shape Mosaic”. In Shape Collage you specify a shape to fill in with your photos- such as- a heart, any animal, bird, house, car, plane, etc. “Shape Collage” or “Shape Mosaic” and “Word Collage” are eye catching trendy collages that can be prepared with arranging images in such a manner so the final collage will look like the shape/word.
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