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Thursday, October 23, 2008

Elvis - Andy Warhol - Self portrait series

A study of illusion and reality, parody, humour and humanity

At first, I hesitated to feinin a work by Andy Warhol as I felt his presence too mundane, plain and uncouth. Yet in this duplication, I found myself uplifted unto a figure that had the lightness of a hero. In it, this was a man that was heavyset with his footing placed firmly on the ground. I could see that he was an actor distinctively American, an action moment captured in time. Yet this was an actor who was persistently needy, wild and loud. He gave only his heart to his profession, his movements, shimmering in the spotlight. Love to be back

In this feinin I also knew how wonderfully and clever the montage felt. Smooth, precise, ageless, trusting, prophetical.

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Richard Bolai lives and works from Trinidad, West Indies. He is a bookbinder,Graphic designer and the author of thebookmann, which from 2004, has written and photographed independently aspects of Trinidad and Tobago's art culture.

In 2008, he began a series of self studies called Feinin which incorporated digital superpositions of artists who have left a mark in art history by using the internet as the core of reference. He also produced parodies relating to anthropological studies of Trinidad and Tobago, for example, folklore or observations of the society via class and stereotypes

The work then expanded by actually creating dimensional replicas, capturing a map over the subjects to explore the underling subconscious in the form of art. This aided the ability to analyze art by producing art parodies to understand the meaning behind it. No money was spent or assistance in producing these compositions from common items found in his home, a chair, a mirror, or old tyre.

The artists lists includes, da Vinci's Last Supper, Koons's dog, Hirst's spin paintings, Andres Serrano's piss Christ to Monet to name a few, over one hundred artists' have been completed, producing one in every 24 hour cycle.

It should be noted that with the feinin studies, you should see that actual work that is been parodied via the link. It makes no sense otherwise.

thebookmann archives is a source of information for art academics and students alike. A major contributor to thebookmann is Adele Todd

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