PhotoCubism

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PhotoCubism

• Gallery of Art Work by Ted Adams

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Big Boy Bank

• "This threatening-looking piece is made from
  close-up images of a promotional item that Bob's
  Big Boy restaurant sent to The Philadelphia
  Inquirer. I glued sesame seeds to the burger for
  an authentic mouth-watering effect."
• Photocopies, watercolor, acrylic, polyurethane,
  sesame seeds, brass tacks on cardboard mounted on
  stretcher strips.

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Large Guitars

• "This large piece was my first attempt at
  'photocubism.' The two hollow-body electric
  guitars were probably manufactured in the 1950's.
  The darker instrument is apparently either a
  Gibson or an Epiphone, but its headstock and thus
  its logo were replaced. The blonde guitar is an
  old Harmony. I paid about 150 for each guitar."
• Photocopies, coffee, polyurethane on cardboard
  mounted on stretcher strips.

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Mockingbird Composition

• "The building in the background is from an
  abandoned set of tourist photos that a defunct
  photo store dumped on the sidewalk. I have not as
  yet been able to determine the geographic
  location of the building depicted. The bird is
  from a children's science encyclopedia that I
  found in someone's garbage."
• Inkjet prints, watercolor, acrylic, tinted
  acrylic glaze, ball-point pen, steel tacks on
  cardboard mounted on stretcher strips.

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Toy Horse in Armor

• "The horse in this piece was one of my favorite
  toys as a child. The knight he came with is also
  intact and in possession of all his armor."
• Photocopies, acrylic, oil pastel, tinted acrylic
  glaze, polyurethane, brass tacks on cardboard
  mounted on stretcher strips.

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Broken Telephone

• "I used the old, crusty phone depicted in this
  composition for many years before the keypad
  finally stopped working in March 1998. Despite
  the fact that the phone did still receive calls,
  I reluctantly put it out to pasture. Friends had
  also been complaining that the phone had a cigar
  smell and was coated with a layer of gummy
  material."
• Photocopies, acrylic, tinted acrylic glaze,
  polyurethane, brass tacks on cardboard mounted on
  stretcher strips.

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Plastic Flowers

• "This piece is composed of macro-lens shots of an
  antique camera and of plastic flowers a friend
  bought in India. She gave the flowers to me when
  I was in the hospital with an eye injury."
• Photocopies, acrylic, oil pastel, tinted acrylic
  glaze, polyurethane, brass tacks on cardboard
  mounted on stretcher strips.

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Questions

• What were some of the items the artist used when
  creating his images?
• Which piece do you like the best/least and why?
• Write down some ideas you had for creating your
  own image using the photo cubism techniques. (at
  least 3)

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