Using found paper as his palette, artist Peter Clark creates intricate three-dimensional collages. He shades with density of print and creates substance and movement with lines plucked from old maps or manuscripts he finds in antique shops. Clark’s pieces are innovative as he utilizes the patterns and textures in a humorous way. Peter focuses much of his expertise on creating dog collage portraits, however his clothing and people portraits are equally incredible.
الا یا ایها الساقی ادر کاسا و ناولها
که عشق آسان نمود اول ولی افتاد مشکلها
به بوی نافهای کاخر صبا زان طره بگشاید
ز تاب جعد مشکینش چه خون افتاد در دلها
مرا در منزل جانان چه امن عیش چون هر دم
جرس فریاد میدارد که بربندید محملها
به می سجاده رنگین کن گرت پیر مغان گوید
که سالک بیخبر نبود ز راه و رسم منزلها
شب تاریک و بیم موج و گردابی چنین هایل
کجا دانند حال ما سبکباران ساحلها
همه کارم ز خود کامی به بدنامی کشید آخر
نهان کی ماند آن رازی کز او سازند محفلها
حضوری گر همیخواهی از او غایب مشو حافظ
متی ما تلق من تهوی دع الدنیا و اهملها
Hafiz poem (Ghazal no 1)
O beautiful wine-bearer, bring forth the cup and put it to my lips
Path of love seemed easy at first, what came was many hardships
With its perfume, the morning breeze unlocks those beautiful locks
The curl of those dark ringlets, many hearts to shreds strips
In the house of my Beloved, how can I enjoy the feast
Since the church bells call the call that for pilgrimage equips
With wine color your robe, one of the old Magi’s best tips
Trust in this traveler’s tips, who knows of many paths and trips
The dark midnight, fearful waves, and the tempestuous whirlpool
How can he know of our state, while ports house his unladen ships
I followed my own path of love, and now I am in bad repute
How can a secret remain veiled, if from every tongue it drips
If His presence you seek, Hafiz, then why yourself eclipse
Stick to the One you know, let go of imaginary trips
DaGod style typography series.
Images are made from the phrase:I will throw my words until you listen.
The process of changing a well-known work to fit DaGod subject matter is called recuperation.
Here Mona Lisa has been forced under Hijab and her name has become amah lisa.
In Middle Eastern culture mothers are often named by the name of their sons, e.g. mother of so and so. amah in Arabic means mother.
The process of changing a well-known work to fit DaGod subject matter is called recuperation.
Here it has been applied to Rosenquist style of work. Rosenquist made murals from merged images. Here through the process of DaGod recuperation the style has been applied to dark images from Islamic fundamentalists.
Images include Ayatollah Khomeini, Khamenei, and Neda Agha-sultan’s murder.
The name Rosenquist has been transformed to Rosekhoonest which in Persian means those who sing religious songs i.e. one from such regime.
The work mocks the attempt of the Islamic regime of Iran in recuperating Art and culture in Iran, and filling up the side of tall building with the despised images of these hated leaders.
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