Postcard Paintings

Pamela Joseph: Postcard Paintings, 2005-2010. Dimensions variable.
PAINTINGS
Rousseau Wall Installation Legend
Rousseau Wall Installation
  • Rousseau Cinématique Wall Installation
  • Oil with Collage on Linen, 2008-2009
Gorky and his Mother
  • Gorky and his Mothers
    Oil with Collage on Linen, 2009
  • 34 x 30 in.
An Apple for Cezanne
  • An Apple for Cezanne
    Oil on Linen, 2010
  • 40 x 28 in.
American Nudism
  • American Nudism
  • Oil with Collage on Linen, 2009
  • 28 x 42 in.
Babes and Cherries, after Guston
  • Babes and Cherries, after Guston
  • Oil with Collage on Linen, 2009
  • 37.5 x 28.5 in.
Sex Machine, after Duchamp's The Bride
  • Sex Machine, after Duchamp's The Bride
  • Oil & Collage on Linen, 2007
  • 40 x 24 in.
Resampling Les Demoiselles
  • Resampling Les Demoiselles
  • Oil & Digital Print Collage on Linen, 2007
  • 37.5 x 36 in.
Gray Line with Black, Blue and Yellow, after O'Keefe
  • Gray Line with Black, Blue & Yellow, after O'Keefe
    Oil & Collage on Linen, 2007
  • 45 x 33 in.
Alice Neel's Andy and Fans
  • Alice Neel's Andy & Fans
  • Oil & Digital Print Collage on Linen, 2007
  • 45 x 30 in.
Time Line, after Magritte
  • Time Line, after Magritte
  • Oil and Digital Collage on Paper, 2007
  • 22 x 28 in.
Time Transfixed, after Magritte
  • Time Transfixed, after Magritte
  • Oil and Digital Collage on Paper, 2007
  • 28 x 19 in.
Calico Flower Parts, after O'Keefe
  • Calico Flower Parts, after O'Keefe
  • Oil on Linen, 2005/2006
  • 38 x 38 in.
Hidden Secrets, after Dufy's La Vie en Rose
  • Hidden Secrets, after Dufy's La Vie en Rose
  • Oil & Digital Print Collage on Linen, 2007
  • 45 x 32 in.
Baroque a Go-Go, after Lichtenstein
  • Baroque a Go-Go, after Lichtenstein
  • Oil & Digital Print Collage on Linen, 2007
  • 35.5 x 55.5 in.
The Acrobats and Their Partners, after Leger
  • The Acrobats and Their Partners, after Leger
  • Oil & Digital Print Collage on Paper, 2006
  • 21 x 26.5 in.
Jungle Fever, with Frida
  • Jungle Fever, with Frida
  • Oil on Linen, 2006
  • 33 x 23 in.
Notes on Matisse
  • Notes on Matisse
  • Oil & Digital Print Collage on Linen, 2006
  • 46x 39.5 in.
Tempus Fugit, after Dali
  • Tempus Fugit, after Dali
  • Oil on Linen, 2005
  • 28 x 38 in.
Babe in Blue Light, after Guston
  • Babe in Blue Light, after Guston
  • Oil on Paper, 2005
  • 22 x 30 in.
 
The Fertilization of The Desert, after Frida
  • The Fertilization of The Desert, after Frida
  • Oil on Linen with Digital Print Collage, 2006
  • 32 x 36 in.
The Re-Origin of the World, after Courbet
  • The Re-Origin of the World, after Courbet
  • Oil & Digital Print Collage on Paper, 2006
  • 19.5 x 23.5 in.
Fragile X, after Van Gogh
  • Fragile X, after Van Gogh
  • Oil on Paper, 2005
  • 30 x 32 in.
Mexican Hottentot, after Bellini
  • Mexican Hottentot, after Bellini
  • Oil on Paper, 2005
  • 30 x 22 in.
Anton's Beach Surprise, after Henning
  • Anton's Beach Surprise, after Henning
  • Oil on Paper, 2005
  • 30 x 22 in.
Seated Woman, Woman's Seat, after Picasso
  • Seated Woman, Woman's Seat, after Picasso
  • Oil on Paper, 2005
  • 30 x 22 in.
Bodies Surfing The Great Wave, after Hokusai
  • Bodies Surfing The Great Wave
    after Hokusai
  • Oil on Paper, 2005
  • 22 x 30 in.
The World of Guido Reni
  • The World of Guido Reni
  • Oil on Linen, 2006
  • 28 x 38 in.
PRINTS
New Moon-Viewing Point, after Hiroshige
  • New Moon-Viewing Point, after Hiroshige
  • Digital Print on Okawara, 2008
  • 19.5 x 13 in.
A Chador for Klimt's Adele Block-Bauer
  • A Chador for Klimt's Adele Block-Bauer
  • Digital Print on Gold Leaf Paper, 2008
  • 24.5 x 16 in.
The Seven Chinese Sages, after Soga Shohaku
  • The Seven Chinese Sages, after Soga Shohaku
  • Digital Print & Collage on Okawara, 2008
  • 15 x 30.5 in.

I would like to describe my work by using a quote from Rhythm Science by Paul Miller, aka DJ Spooky.1

That's what mixing is all about: creating seamless interpolations between objects of thought to fabricate a zone of representation in which the interplay of the one and the many, the original and its double all come under question.

My current series, Postcard Paintings, began with my collection of exhibition announcements and museum gift shop postcards, which focuses on figurative images. I collage onto the postcards body parts from erotic comics and tart cards. I work on the computer by overlapping and receding the new information into the other artist’s paintings. From this interpretation, I create a painting on a larger scale in oils on linen or paper that incorporates the original collaged elements. Their scale has a dot matrix degradation that juxtaposes with the classical oil technique. As my painting evolves, the work becomes a dialogue between myself and the other artist. I acknowledge the other's style but I assert my own vision in developing the image.

Finally the painting is reproduced back into a commercial postcard.

View the complete Postcard Paintings Series: www.pamelajoseph.com

1 Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky, Rhythm Science, 2004, p.033.