The Art of the Personal Project is a crucial element to let potential buyers see how you think creatively on your own. I am drawn to personal projects that have an interesting vision or that show something I have never seen before. In this thread, I’ll include a link to each personal project with the artist statement so you can see more of the project. Please note: This thread is not affiliated with any company; I’m just featuring projects that I find. Please DO NOT send me your work. I do not take submissions.
Today’s featured artist: Clemens Ascher
“Teatro Ridicolo – A Farce in 28 Collages”
The title already says a lot about the project.
My initial basic idea was to stage a play as a photo and collage series.
In terms of content the series is a funky journey through the topics of our times to the outer edges of our collective cultural memory.
Mainly it is a homage to the theatre itself.
However, it has no stringent plot. I try to create constellations and relations between figures, in each image, that are full of tension and contradiction but don’t make a concrete statement – the plot is meant to arise in the viewer’s mind.
In response to recent developments, I embraced an analog approach. I’ve created stages like compositions with aquarelle paintings and populated them with illustrious figures related to each other through collage, like marionettes playing on a theatrical stage.
I draw my inspirations from across art history and various cultural influences. From the theatre, painting, photography and collage art throughout the centuries.
To see more of this project, click here
APE contributor Suzanne Sease currently works as a consultant for photographers and illustrators around the world. She has been involved in the photography and illustration advertising and in-house corporate industry for decades. After establishing the art-buying department at The Martin Agency, then working for Kaplan-Thaler, Capital One, Best Buy and numerous smaller agencies and companies, she decided to be a consultant in 1999. Follow her on Instagram
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