Using Art as an Outlet to Repair the Complex World: With Artist Carol Weinberg
Carol Weinberg’s career as a collage artist has followed her passion. As a young student she discovered inspiration and discipline at The High School of Art and Design. At Parsons School of Design she honed her skills while at the same time continually experimenting with new mediums and techniques, gradually finding her own expressive voice in her paintings and photography.
For many years photography was Carol’s primary artistic outlet culminating in a successful career as a Fashion, Music and Celebrity photographer. Her assignments often took her to different parts of the world and as a result she has built a vast archive of original images which she now draws from in creating her most recent artworks.
Her collages combine beauty, chaos and tension through the layering and blending of the photographic image and the texture of the paint. Always playing with and against each other the photos and the paint combine to create a dreamlike version of reality. The process of tearing, cutting and gluing the black and white or color images onto the painted surface, adding, subtracting and the deliberate placement of each element combine to create the whole and the story begins to reveal itself.
Her photo images are done on the computer layering the photos then adding fillers to give a new look to the images.
Carol Weinberg lives and works in NYC.
Not art-48x60 This is a study of my love of the city and the freedom to escape it. It was created with photos of the city that I had taken to show the texture and energy that I feel a part of.
Sip-30x40 I love combining my photos and paint to blend the images and change the focal point. The process of tearing, cutting and gluing the images onto the painted surface, and the deliberate placement of each element are combined to create the whole story.
Free Money-48x60 The work I create revolves around a visual world that is a blend of images of nature with the uniqueness of our man-made world. My collage pieces were created to explore the relationship between the state of our environment and the interaction we have with it. Each finished piece is a commentary. Drawing from my photography I blend our natural world, such as a sunset or a unique tree, with a wall of graffiti or architecture, combining reality with fantasy. I celebrate our complex world and work toward using my art to create an outlet to repair it.
Owl Swirl-16x20 This piece shows the beauty of the city and the longing for nature
Dawn-36x36 "Dawn" is one of my more romantic pieces. Flowers sit boldly on top of black and white images, a resting dancer stares out. Exterior locations blended with paint covers the background. The Photos were taken at various times then manipulated in Photoshop printed and attached to a canvas. Finally, paint is added to bring the work together.
Falling Pieces 48x48 Capturing the period of cubist constructionist I subtly deconstructed the shape of a circle with pieces of a women by a table. The bits of red fall apart from the shape. Working with photos I have taken of Graffiti and shadows in the city. A grey bar that runs along the bottom of the piece has a grey feeling of the grit of the city.
A Tree Grows in Cuba-48x48 The work I have created revolves around a visual world that is a blend of images of nature with the uniqueness of our man-made world. My collage pieces were created to explore the relationship between the state of our environment and the interaction we have with it. This piece shows a unique tree surrounded by old walls with history embedded into it.
Orchard Dream-36x48 For many years photography was Carol’s primary artistic outlet culminating in a successful career as a Fashion, Music and Celebrity photographer. Her assignments often took her to different parts of the world and as a result she has built a vast archive of original images, which she now draws from in creating her most recent artworks.
Fall Dream 18x24 The colors of this piece allude to the beauty of the forest and dreams of a world that doesn’t deconstruct.
Twilight in Cuba-36x36 Photographed in Cuba’s Bay of Pigs.
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For info for upcoming shows send your email to carol@carolweinbergart.com.
Interview by Alison Hernon, Editor-In-Chief, PhotoBook Magazine.
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