La Rossa, 2015
Street photography and digital manipulation
From the moment I started taking street shots in earnest, I wanted to see them next to abstract paintings. It seemed like it would make an interesting fit. Since then I have taken a lot of street shots and developed a more abstract way of working with the images I take. So it seemed natural to bring the two strands of what I do together. La Rossa is a work in progress, or rather an element of a larger work. Having taken the step of combining works I discovered what La Rossa is missing is another element: a tabletop sculpture…back to work.
– La Rossa (I), 2015 –
– La Rossa (II), 2015 –
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La Rossa is the third track on Van der Graaf Generator’s 1976 album, Still Life. You can listen to the song (9:54 of sonic heaven) here.
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Leon Hart, who has been a friend of TFIPM for a long time and been thrice captured in street portrait form, (the last time being here) has an exhibition of his paintings from the last two years coming up at the Leyden Gallery in London 24-28th November 2015. Leon’s work is great, so this is a must see.
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And finally, Ashley Lily Scarlett and I are engaged in a conversation in pictures and it’s called Between Scarlett and Guest. Check it out!
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The Future Is Papier Mâché 
Excellent.
Thanks very much, Rabirius.
Hmmm, a table top sculpture. I’ll look forward to that! Both of these images are fantastic, and complement each other in such an interesting way. I love how the lines, angles, curves and flow of one lead me into those of the other. Excellent.
Yes, I’ve decided not to censor myself in any way from now on and what I want to make is a polite abstract table-top sculpture, ha ha. Thanks so much, Lemony. Glad you like it (so far).
Ha ha “polite” abstract… doesn’t that contradict not censoring yourself? 😀 I’m all for no self-censorship. Put it all out there!
Yes, I want to do it to be irritating really – I’m going through a phase of wanting to do everything wrong (according to my art education and the books I’ve been reading) – can’t think of anything less relevant to life at the moment than a smallish, polite, abstract sculpture – and I’m aching to try and pull it off. 🙂
Perfect! I can’t wait to see it!
This sounds fascinating. Mind you, now I am trying to picture an impolite abstract, ….. or politically incorrect abstract. Perhaps a cubist painting full of spheres, curves and Sea anemone tentacles . ;D
Great compositional pieces. Your creative process and combinations of media forms and content is very inspiring. 🙂
Ha, ha, quite.
Thanks so much, Joseph 🙂
I love your approach to photography, and the more abstract direction you are taking…..
Thanks very much, Sue – that’s great to read.
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Really great shots, Richard. I like that it’s a work in progress and that we will hopefully get to see the finished article. 🙂
Thanks so much, Richard. Yes, one day… 🙂
Amazing photography! I absolutely love it!
Thanks very much, Eva! Really glad you like it.
Very cool, Richard. I can hardly wait to see the sculpture.
Thank you, my friend. Yes, it’s a little way off, but…I will produce it.
Excellent!
The two images work really well next to each other, can’t wait to see the finished article.
And thank you for sharing my exhibition details, much appreciated.
Thanks very much, Leon.
You’re welcome…looks like it’s going to be great. I’ll be very interested to see how it works with the sounds.
Thank’s Richard, yes I wanted it to be a little different and help people immerse themselves into the art so hopefully it has the desired outcome.
I hope you can make it.
Yes, see you there.
Your aim to be irritating through the medium of a polite abstract tabletop sculpture is amusing Richard! Has to be a first. I like the filmy surfaces of the abstract work. Now for some solidity.
Ha, ha, good! Yes, well, semi-solidity the way I’m thinking at the moment…thanks very much, Philippa.
Great contrast
Just love it
As always Sheldon
Any thoughts yet on Mr Zappa
Thanks so much, Sheldon. Yes, I love The Mothers unreservedly – We’re Only In It For The Money is one of my favourite albums, but Zappa solo is patchy for me – the music’s great, but the lyrics are sometimes a bit hard to take. Think he liked testing his audiences. He was without doubt one of the most intelligent and politically astute rock artists ever. And I think all along he wanted to be a classical composer. I was playing Waka/Jawaka the other day – it’s pretty great.
I saw him every time he came around
The Grand Wazzo is one of my favorite
Or Hot Rats
love the idea of street photography and abstract paintings together. I really like the project so far. it’ll be interesting to see the sculpture join in. 🙂
Thanks very much, Melissa. 🙂
Excellent work!
Thanks very much, Malin!
An exhilarating project Richard!
Thanks very much, Patti!
Cool!
Thanks so much, Cardinal!
A intriguing marriage!
That’s an interesting take on it – I like that a lot. Thanks, Elena!
To me, all your work shows evidence of a romance with formal elements.. along with an intrigue for the abstract.
Yes, that’s pretty well spot-on – I fight the formal elements, but…
So exciting… And now transforming your excellent photos into 3 dimension. If only I could get to the gallery…
Thanks so much…yes, I’ve started thinking a lot about how these images should enter the analogue world…and it’s not as flat images in frames…