“Each work is a laborious task of discovery. and invention with numerous mistakes, false starts, delusions, distractions, and dead ends before the picture and its meaning reveals itself. … I work in chaos.”
- LOU BEACH (via)
/Intelligent Illustration for Dumb Times
night birds in the royal gardens”
A self-described "sophisticated primative," Lou Beach has been in the cut-and-paste game since the early '70s. Terry Gilliam (of Monthy Python and Brazil fame) called Lou Beach "the greatest collage artist on the planet." I tend to agree and encourage you to spend some time with his work. Some of my favs are below.
