Satire - Collage - GORDON CARLISLE

Satire - Collage

In 1972, with a year to go at the San Francisco Art Institute, I turned to collage. I think I was looking for an alternative to drawing, a means of tapping more directly into my subconscious. I found the spontaneous juxtaposition of cut out, printed imagery weird, exciting, funny and freeing.

As a printmaking major there, I initially tried converting these early collages into photo etchings and hand-tinted photographs, but soon found this to be too much rigmarole. Instead, I hand cut the found images, pasted them up, enhanced the collage with acrylics, came up with an amusing title and called them "done," a technique I use to this day. They are really just quick mind sketches. It’s the free-associative quality of collage that keeps surprising and intriguing me: that, and the guffaw of your laughter!

A-MUSE (7 3/16” x 7 5/8”) Acrylic over collage, 2007, $325

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DADDY'S LITTLE ANGEL (5 7/8" x 4 9/16") Acrylic over collage, 2015, $325

OH, THE DOO-DAH DAY! (7 7/8" x 9 5/16") Acrylic over collage, 2016, $325

EGG (3 3/8" x 5 3/8") Acrylic over collage, 1993, $325

FRACTURED FAIRY TALE (9 3/4" x 7 7/8") Acrylic over collage, 2007, $375

A HERO'S WELCOME (7 1/16" x 6 13/16") Acrylic over collage, 2007, $325

WHENEVER JANE PLAYS THAT SONG (7 15/16" x 9 5/16") Acrylic over collage, 2016 (sold)

MISCOMMUNICATION (11 7/16" x 9 1/8") Acrylic and ink over collage, 2007 (sold)

DEMONSTRATING THE NEW PLAY (4 7/16" x 7 1/4") Acrylic over collage, 2007, $325

THE NEW WORLD (4" x 5 7/8") Acrylic over collage, 2007, $325

PLAY WHAT YOU HEAR IN YOUR HEAD! (5 5/8" x 5 7/16") Acrylic over collage, 2015 (sold)

POPPIN' FRESH AND THE MAIDEN (4 1/2" x 8 1/4") Acrylic over collage, 2015 (sold)

LAST RITES (8 11/16" x 9 5/8") Collage, 1973 (sold)

SPACE SHOT (7 7/8" x 5 3/4") Acrylic and ink over collage, 2010 $325

HOW WE GOT THE WORLD TURNING (6 13/16" x 4 15/16") Acrylic over collage, 2010, $325

THE DAY DAD GOT HIS WINGS (8 7/8" x 6 7/16") Acrylic over collage, 2010, $325

DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU’D LIKE TO ADD? (4 5/8” x 9 1/8”) Acrylic over collage, 2018 (sold)

OUT YOUR WINDOW TO THE LEFT… (5 7/16” x 9 3/8”) Acrylic over collage, 2018, $350

THE LAWNETTE 5000 (8 ¼” x 9 3/8”) Acrylic over collage, 2018, $350

GEORGE, BEHAVE (2 9/16” x 3”) Acrylic over collage, 2018, $325

NICE CATCH (5 15/16" x 4 1/16") Acrylic over collage, 2005 (sold)

DAYDREAMER (4 1/2" x 5 5/16") Acrylic over collage, 2010, $325

DOUBTS ABOUT THE UPHOLSTERY (4 5/8" x 9 3/8") Acrylic over collage, 2007 (sold)

FEMALE OF THE SPECIES (10 1/16" x 8 13/16") Acrylic over collage over illustration by Gustave Dore, 2007, $325

THE LAST TIME THE GUYS WERE HERE (6" x 8 1/4") Acrylic over collage, 2006, $325

NATURAL HISTORY (4 7/16" x 5 1/2") Acrylic and ink over collage, 2010, $375

LADY OF THE LAKE (11 3/4" x 8 9/16") Collage, 1993 (sold)

LULLABY FOR WASHINGTON (5 1/2" x 3 1/2") Acrylic over collage, 2007, $325

MONUMENT (5 5/16" X 3 5/16") Collage, 1993, $325

TAKING THE PLUNGE (9 3/8" X 9 5/16") Acrylic over collage, 2015, $325

POINTE EN POINTE (12" x 8 11/16") Acrylic over collage, 2007, $325

DID YOU SIGN FOR THIS? (6 5/8" x 10") Acrylic over collage, 2007, $325

YOU'RE SURE IT'LL WORK? (7 7/16" x 9 7/8") acrylic over collage, 2015, $325

AT PLAY AMONG THE TOWERS (6 3/8" x 3 3/8") Acrylic over collage, 2013, $375

WONDERFUL WORLD (9 3/8" x 19 5/8") Acrylic over collage, 2007 (sold)

BABY BALANCE TEST (4 15/16” x 4 3/8”) Acrylic over collage, 2001, $325

CAN I GO NEXT? PLEASE? (7 13/16” x 6¾”) Acrylic over collage, 2018, $325

ANIMAL MAGNETISM (6 5/8” x 7”) Acrylic over collage, 2018, $325

AWESOME (4 5/8" x 8 3/8") Collage, 1994 (sold)

BUMP AND RUN (6" x 9 1/8") Acrylic over collage, 2015, $325

COOKOUT (7 5/16" x 9 1/8") Collage, 1993 (sold)

DISASTER (11 5/8" x 8 1/4") Collage, 1993 (sold)

AND DORIS HAS CHOSEN THIS MOMENT TO TAKE OFF (6 13/16" x 9 5/16") Acrylic over collage, 2015, $325

FEMME REPOSE AVEC UNE SAUCISSE FUMEE, (6 3/16" x 8 5/16") Acrylic over collage, 2007 (sold)

SCIENCE FICTION HATS (11' x 10 1/4") Acrylic over collage, 2007 (sold)

HOT DOG WRESTLING IN FLORIDA (4 13/16" x 6 1/2") Acrylic over collage, 2007, $325

LAWN ORNAMENTS (4 5/8" x 8 7/16") Acrylic over collage, 2006, $325

THE MACHINE TALKS TO ME (3 3/4" x 5 3/16") Acrylic over collage, 2007, $325

HEY, MOM! (7 7/8" x 10 3/8") Acrylic over collage, 2001 (sold)

A NORMAL DATE (8 5/16" x 6 9/16") Acrylic and ink over collage, 2010, $375

REMBRANDT'S MIND WANDERS (4 1/16" x 5 7/8") Acrylic over collage, 2007 (sold)

ROCK GOD (8 3/16" x 6 3/16") Acrylic over collage, 2016 (sold)

SEVERAL HOURS INTO THE POSE (7 7/8" X 5 5/16") Acrylic over collage, 2007, $325

TOM THUMB: THE EARLY YEARS (7 9/16" x 9 3/8") Acrylic over collage, 2007, $375

THE UNINVITED (6 7/8" x 10 3/16") Collage, 1973 (sold)

FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS (8 3/8" x 9 1/4") Collage, 1993 (sold)

THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (5 5/8” X 9 15/16”) Acrylic over collage, 2015 (sold)

KEEPING IT CLEAN (5 7/16” x 9 7/16”) Acrylic over collage, 2018 (sold)

EVERYWHERE AN OINK-OINK (6 11/16” x 8¼”) Acrylic over collage, 2016 (sold)