When I was studying for my contemporary art final I had made heaps and heaps of flash cards. While studying I was drinking some water and I accidentally spilt water on a card with De Kooning's The Attic on it. To my surprise the water seemed to melt and distort the ink on my flash card to make an awesome design all of its own within the original master piece. An idea popped into my head! Make a series based on chance through water markings on prints of famous masterpieces. More specifically abstract expressionism or surrealist works who's work themselves was often predicated on chance and automatism. Through this series a commentary is also made on reproduction in society and through reproduction distortion occurs.
This piece is taken from Kandinsky's Composition 8. I spilt water on a print and put it in the sun to dry. When I looked at it a few hours later I noticed the water made a dog! So there it was and now here it is.
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