A. R. ! meant: "Artists' Revenge", said humourously during this era (80s to 90s).
Karen Taylors' evbatik, which she gave to me a long
time ago, was so saucily the epitome of Lanark Arts (and of 'our life and times
- ha!') that I could not resist recording the actual batik, in case it just got too faded
and dusty. (At the top left, one may see a yellow thumbtack, since the batik and R
lived together, on my kitchen wall. ) The R was a china piece, kept since my name starts with an R.
I collected 'Yes Canada' and Canada flag buttons,
along with a daisy pin, Remembrance day poppies, and a stick-on kiss
from "Mississippi River Daze" Festival, because I felt that the subject (as depicted,
within the batik) (and, as so much extraneous beeswax, as projected (right off the wall) by hacks-hell!")
deserved both the cheers, as well as "Ar"
!
So, this is one of the few pieces that I have done that is, actually "Post Modern" in its approach. Art by Karen is remade and re-viewed, this time not as a batik, but a painted version, with its array of found objects, and set into a commentary (with the R so sacred to an artists' nature) made of its secondary environment (my home).
(Karen Taylor is a fine artist and film-maker in Balderson, ON.)
acrylic on masonite by Susan Mary Risk
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