Sketchbook 3, Image 9

Sketchbook 3, Image 9

It is difficult to discern if these characters were drawn from life, or if they are purely made up from Parsons' imagination. However, in either case, it seems that Parsons has taken the liberty of altering the figures to fit a visual agenda of nonchalance. These characters, even if they were created from real models, are representations of characters that are unimpressed. The true focus of this sketch is the metarepresentation of the key visual codes required to represent emotion, which classifies them as simulacra. This distinction is important as Parsons' collages focus on the creation and manipulation of simulacra. By taking from previously created images and reconstructing them to have a different meaning, collage is necessarily an art form predicated upon the redefining of visual systems into new and vibrant systems in dialogue with personal style.

Eunice Parsons

Eunice Parsons Papers

1960-1965

8.5"x10.5"