Collage shortcuts

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I had been quite satisfied with this state, so I sent it to a family member, asking him to comment on it. His answer was very negative. After a moment of stupor, I realized that maybe I had been too illustrative and that this collage needed some more work. You can see by yourself what came out. The result is far from the first state, but I am satisfied. The danger in artwork is always self-illusion, what I use to call « blindness », or self-satisfaction. It is indeed very difficult to judge one’s own productions, the mind is often a skilled sycophant. Time may help to struggle against this tendency. I just saw a painting from 2003 and found it very lousy. I am trying now to rescue it with collage, but the result is still not satisfying. So I shall say that the worse the artist, the more pretentious he/she is. And still, some poems from Victor Hugo are not at the height of his best inspiration. All this to remember to be aware of my own limits and of the necessicity of critical examination of my works.


Here the link to the collage