Robin Mellor  

Crying by Robin Mellor

November 2024 - Crying

November 2024 - Robin Mellor

Original

November 2024 - Robin Mellor

Original 2

November 2024 - Robin Mellor

Original 3

About the Image(s)

This collage is made-up from many separate elements. It is intended to present a dystopian view of the future. The figure at the back, spraying red paint, is part of a sculpture installation and the words he is writing say “Third Millennium”, which in sci-fi terms is the dystopian era that would follow a nuclear war (or other apocalyptic event). The figure in the top hat was taken at a Victorian fayre and represents, together with the old record player and pocket watch, the continuum of humanity from the past into the future. The face in the ground represents the multitude of dead that would be the result of the coming of such a dystopian future, and the white face and the word “crying” is taken from a separate piece of graffiti on a doorway and represents the only possible response to such a future. Everything has been merged and blended with textures.

5 comments posted

Joan Field   Joan Field
Robin,
It looks like the crew has outdone itself this round to put together some really creative iagfges. yours is in the highest creative range for quite a few reasons. First the concept is very creative and sophisticated. Second your extraction methods are expert. Your collage looks like everything was already there. Very well executed. As an overall concept, you went beyond my Bain range as the overall concept is very hard fro me to read. I'm not sure you need the black line separating the two segments; maybe they could be a single panel. The photograph and watch are interesting artifacts to refer back yo the past . I am not finding where it says "crying." Again, it may be my bad eyesight, The upper left of the graffiti looks like it starts out with "cry" but then dissipates into something else. The use of the monument in the foreground does not impart a feeling of many dead, so perhaps it is not necessary. Altogether, though, this is an intriguing image, full of symbolism and darkness which goes with your theme.   Posted: 11/06/2024 21:12:08
Bob Wills   Bob Wills
This is WOW, Robin. So many wonderful phantasies in one image and all so well unified. Not only is it blended with textures, but also colors. So very well done it makes me sad, but not hopeless.   Posted: 11/09/2024 17:26:06
Gunter Haibach   Gunter Haibach
Robin - First glance, something terrible is going on here. You have my attention! Your artist statement supports much of what I see in the image. I have some difficulty connecting the 2 "people" and how they relate to each other. I personally think the person on the left is not required, and I struggle with the gramophone. The title is very intriguing as well. You did a great job of creating the mood of the scene. Well done.
  Posted: 11/11/2024 11:20:22
Ian Ledgard   Ian Ledgard
Very skillfully put together. For myself I am not too bothered about the explanation but more in awe of the thought process and the skill of putting the collage together.
Has anyone spotted the monster in the foreground?   Posted: 11/11/2024 12:19:02
Bob Wills   Bob Wills
Good question Ian. There are so many little creatures that can be spotted all around in this image that it opens a whole world to the imagination. It belongs in an art gallery (or house of horrors.) As Gunter said the weakest link is the connection between the two people, and other than the clock, the gramophone.
I could see myself sitting for many revists just to see what I would see when I am in different moods.   Posted: 11/16/2024 17:16:54

 

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