COLLAGES: BRIDGING PRACTICES

I have been working in two materially different practices for a long time. They both start though with geometric forms or patterns and so are closely related. Most of the collaged work explores visual fusions of the material my materially distinct processes.

Peek-a-Boo en Boîte

Paint and UV-cured printing laser cut and thermoformed clear, opaque and reflective acrylic sheet, assembled on wood panel and frame, 28" x 18.5" x 6" (includes artist made frame) (2020)

Peek-a-Boo en Boîte (Alternative View)

Paint and UV-cured printing laser cut and thermoformed clear, opaque and reflective acrylic sheet, assembled on wood panel and frame, 28" x 18.5" x 6" (includes artist made frame) (2020)

Blue Net Cube

UV-cured inkjet on collaged laser cut transparent and mirrored acrylic sheets, 27.25” x 17” x 1” (2018)

One Gnarly Chimera

UV-printed laser cut reflective acrylic plate on laser cut translucent acrylic paint on painted jute fabric, with jute and hemp cord and rope. 37" x 27" (2018)

A Pre-Impressionist and a Surrealist Walk into a Bar

Acrylic paint on laser cut and etched acrylic sheet and UV fixed printing on laser cut translucent acrylic plate on painted canvas, 28"x 22"x 2-1/4" (2018)

LAURENCE ELIAS

COLLAGES: BRIDGING PRACTICES

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