Studio Journal 5 - Collages

Zena Assi is a is a Lebanese Painter born in 1974. Assi lives and works in Beirut which is the capital and largest city of Lebanon (Middle East). It is her 'Beirut' series that has influenced me. It is obvious that the artist has a great understanding of the city as she is able to portray this chaotic, crazy, crowded, and multi-layered city for what it is. The ‘Beirut’ collages are all unique, and in each one she portrays Beirut at different times throughout the year. Her collages take a distant view to the city in such great detail.

Cecil Touchon is a  is a contemporary
 American collage artist, painter,
published poet and theorist.

I have been interested in the idea of using a map of Bristol for my Visual Journey which has lead me to experiment with this detailed map I collected from a Bristol information center in town to create a collage. I was inspired by Zena Assi's idea of using a lot of detail to represent the City. However I have used a map of Bristol city instead of images to create the same jumbled up idea. I was also inspired by Cecil Touchon's fushion series as they have been created using the same jumbled element. (A collage series made up of using fragments of lettering from found bill board material)

Original Map

I photocopied the colour version of the map to recreate a black and white image. I ripped up the coloured map and the black and white version and recreated the map using the collage style and this is the final outcome in my sketchbook.

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