"Repetition Is Truth"
This is the third in my Rustic Cross series. You can see the first two here.I originally titled this piece: "A Message From The President", because of the words collaged on the back side of the piece, but I ended up calling it "Repetition Is Truth", because of the words found on the front side, just under the face. Both of these are words from titles of magazine articles I came across when I was clipping images and words for my collage work.
For this cross I used wood from a broken chair, that had been thrown out, found at the back entrance of the local little theater. The cross is collaged in interesting magazine images and words and tissues. A doll's eye that opens and closes, peers out from the center of the cross. A delicate amber rosary hangs in the front.
Here is an interesting side-story, and one totally unrelated to the creation of this piece: This morning when I GOOGLED the words "Repetition Is Truth" (a bit of research I do for titles of every piece I make), I found a definition from Wikipedia, where they reference these words to "Proof by Assertion"and give examples of usage, as in political slogans, advertising, and brainwashing.
They even quote Lenin who said: "A Lie told often enough becomes the truth" . . . . a thought provoking interpretation, wouldn't you say?
j'aime cet assemblage..(même si je ne comprends pas toute la traduction.).moi aussi, j'aime intégrer les yeux de poupée dans mes créations..ne laisse personne indifférent!
ReplyDeletemerci elfi. les yeux de la poupée est une sorte de chair de poule, n'est-ce pas?
DeleteOh Rebeca I think this is fabulous, I particularly like the face at the top, very haunting......and that quote from Lenin .....very thought provoking.....great piece.
ReplyDeletethank you Sue.. the face does haunt, doesn't it? believe me, it was not planned. thank you. yes thought provoking.
Deleteprovocative indeed!
ReplyDeleteYIKES! i know!
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Yes, very thought provoking, then Lenin quote. I don't know much about him except that Frida knew Vladimir Lenin through Diego. These crosses you are making are really tempting me to try my hand at cutting out some crosses with my skroll saw. I just might do that. Thanks for the always inspiration. Love your work and the rosarys on the cross are just awesome. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteisn't that funny, frida kahlo and lenin . . . i had not made that connection. but you are right . . . frida was a communist. . . this is perfect. . . . i love remembering this.
Deleteyou are welcome, gloria. the inspiration comes from you!
Guess what? Oh I see I misspelled "skroll," it should be scroll.:) I came back to tell you that you've inspired me so much I went outside yesterday and started cutting out crosses on my saw. They won't be as elegant as yours because I will just paint them and perhaps add a rosary as well. Thank you for the inspiration and your kind words above. Viva la tamale. hehehe.
DeleteI love this series. Nice work!
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