favorite collage work of 2012

kelly o'brien...see the original post here.
yamini nayer...see the original post here.
elizabeth nagle...see the original post here.

the week between Christmas and New Years is a time of reflection on the past and hoping the dreams of the present become the reality of the future. so in light of this, i went back through this year's posts and managed to choose three favorites in five categories that will be featured in the next five posts. i post work i love on this blog and to choose the love of the loves was not an easy task! the work made it to favorites week if i found myself drawn to look at it repeatedly, if it moved me enough to stay with me for a period of time and if it inspired me to try something new in the studio. i hope revisiting some of my favorite posts of the year prompt you to rediscover one of your favorites or discover something inspiring that you may have missed the first time around. either way, enjoy and have a great week!!

tomorrow: Merry Christmas!!

Yedda Morrison

bioposys series

Bioposys are reconstituted artificial flowers and plants, mutant strains, improbable and permanent hybrids. The larger pieces attempt to envision a constellation of flower bombs, offering glimpses into possible futures of plastic and mishap. In others, the crude undersides begin to show through, revealing the cheap materials and human labor that ultimately destroy any illusions of “real.”

see the entire statement here and more work here.

ben weiner

untitled (oil paint), 2005, oil on paper, 40x60, untitled (oil paint), 2003, oil on canvas, 40x60, queen juno, 2011, oil on canvas, 40x60

paint paintings...see more here.

kirsty mitchell

the ghost swift, the coronation of gammelyn, gammelyn's daughter, a waking dream

so beautiful, i want to cry...see more amazing work and read the story behind the photographs here.

Martino Zegwaard

eglise sv, belgium, twisted twist, town of doel, hotel les R (press L), france

H A P P Y  H A L L O W E E N !!!!!!

see more here.

brooke shaden

all: conceptual photography

i feel like this all the time...see more here.

misha gordin

the new crowd, 1996-2000, gelatin silver print, 25x38

weavings of skin....see more here.

maurizio anzeri

marcel, 2011, embroidery on photograph, 23.5x17.5cm, lile, 2011, embroidery on photograph, 23x17cm, rita, 2011, embroidery on photograph, 23.5x17.5cm

bizarrely beautiful...see more here.

du zhenjun

the tower of babel: pollution, 2011, photography, 160cm x 120cm, the tower of babel: national day, 2010, photography, 120cmx160cm, the tower of babel: the carnaval, 2011, photography, 160cm x 120cm

boschian bounty....see more here.