A PLAYBOY LEGACY SERIES

As a child, my fascination with visual art was strong.  I was constantly creating, and I was also exploring “Curatorially.” Basically, I would find elements in books and magazines, and without consent, I’d rip out the visual parts that I liked from said publication and keep them. For me, it was an artistic practice, the ripping. This was something that I did until I was told that it was wrong to do.  I eventually stopped.

 

Picasso said, “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”

 

My Curatorial side, ripping out visuals I liked, lay dormant for four decades.  During that time, I focused my attention on more mainstream expressions of art creation.  Most notable is my work in Conceptual Art.  But the floodgates of my past desires to rip up images I liked were reborn with the project A Playboy Legacy.  Through this process of creating a collage per day, from a magazine, on one notecard, I granted myself permission to explore and indulge in the Curatorial Art practice I had as a child.  It felt good to rip and tear and create these collages.  It felt better than good.  It felt great.

 

Here are my favorites from the series of the more than 150 pieces I created through the Playboy collection of my father.