jay rechsteiner
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Catholic vantage - pop, crass, badly designed but cool uber-kitsch
Catholic Vantage is foremost a pictorial research project that explores the representation of mainly Christian figures, artefacts, buildings, shrines etc. in terms of their perceived (universal) beauty & power within contemporary society. It juxtaposes universal (historical) elements and understanding of beauty with a more modern, contemporary approach.The digitally produced pictures are uber-kitsch, sarcastic and somewhat badly designed mixed media collages (photo, drawing, painting). The image material I am using in this series is primarily the result of my walks around towns and villages. I am not using any material downloaded from the Internet. By weaving different images together I attempt to create stories and allegories in pictorial form.
The work in its entirety responds to the dynamics of the current renewed art market and the culture of instant mass-sharing and availability of information and the highly commercial aspect of art. Each collage is a mass-product. Only the very core of the work, i.e. the raw file, is the original work, the mother, the holy grail, the 1s and 0s that contain the essential information of the work and all its duplications. All (commercial and artist) duplicates are reproductions of a doctrine, a visual understanding of the source, the truth.
size: 100cm x 100cm
to can be printed on various media such as aluminium dibond, perspex or acrylic
Original artwork and authorized copies
The original artwork of each piece is the print file on a digital storage device (for example a USB stick, an access code to a cloud storage, a HD). The authorized copies fall into two categories: commercial and artist copies. Commercial copies are available from various online stores whereas artist copies are to be ordered with me. The names of the owners of the original artworks and the artist copies are to be registered with me and issued with certificates of authenticity.
asking price per piece: GBP12500
Buy your commercial and artist copies here:
Metro Imaging: https://metroonline.co.uk/632 (commercial duplicates available). For artist copies get in touch with me.
Zazzle: http://www.zazzle.co.uk/designingmylife (canvas, posters and other items (commercial duplicates available)
Saatchi Art: http://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Collage/Catholic-Vantage/315283/133135/view (commercial and artist duplicates and original artworks available)
conflicted intimacy 03
conflicted intimacy 02
conflicted intimacy 01
Offer of an angel 01
Offer on an angel 02
Offer of an angel 03
Offer of an angel 04
Padre Pio and a Blind Man's Buff 01
Padre Pio and a Blind Man's Buff 02
Padre Pio and a Blind Man's Buff 03
Playing with Haloes 01
Padre Pio and a Blind Man's Buff 02
Soldier and Maria 01
Soldier and Maria 02
Soldier and Maria 03
Soldier and Maria 04
The Confusion of Mary 01
The Confusion of Mary 02