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Cintos
2003 - On Going Work in Progress
 
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Fashionistas 223 #1
Fashionistas 316 #10
           
Fashionistas 223 #8
Fashionistas 223 #14a
Fashionistas 46 #7
       
Fashionistas 316 #6
Fashionistas 39 #22
Fashionistas 32 #5
Fashionistas 39 #25
 
Artist's statement for Cintos, images by Patrick V. Brown
All rights reserved, 2002-2010

The term cintos is referential to the literary arts and describes the process of writers and especially poets borrowing a line or phrase from a created work as an homage to a mentor or co-creator. The poet would include the phrase within their work causing a melding of their writings into the newer work. My interest is to visually explore the concept of cintos within my work. The images from Cintos are created using various collage and layering techniques.

 

This body of work began without the benefit or constraint of a working title. The images of seemingly little relation would through a gradual stacking process emerge into other more compelling images. Oftentimes the images indicate a variety of meanings dependent upon the visual focus and perspective of the viewer. Through an examination of these alternative multi-dimensional explorations associations are discovered. The work displayed on this page is referred to as the Fashionistas body of work within the Cintos collection.

 

Other images within the Cintos work consider tropes that inform our daily lives through media dealing with aspects of international news, fashion, politics and other current events. Additionally they explore, expose and exploit popular culture's icons through a process of image multiplicity thus creating both complimentary and disparate compositions.

 

Initially they spin far from one another, then gradually place themselves in such a manner as to indicate an accidental aesthetic plan. Frequently the placement and layereing question other dimensions of reality through the subconscious. This "happening" using the cintos legacy calls into question the accident of such placement and may indicate another force ignored or perhaps simply unseen. This questioning may be revealed for the viewer's consideration through a rigorous process towards the imagery's visual chaos.

Cintos Survivors Not Victims Unnamed Installation Unidentified Images
 
All Rights Reserved, Patrick V. Brown Photograpy, Inc., 2002-2010