Artwork > Archive: Collages, Constructions, Colored Drawings

I made these collages and constructions during the early and mid-1980s, when I lived on Second Avenue in Manhattan and then in the Boerum Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. I’m not sure of the exact date for every piece, so I just guessed and listed the year as 1980, 1981, 1982, or 1983.

Everybody Is in Too Many Pieces
mixed media collage on mat board
1982
The Screen Door Slams
mixed media on paper
7½ x 9 inches
1981
Enjoy Yourself, While You’re Still in the Pink
mixed media collage on paper
7½ x 9 inches
1981
Cool for Cats
mixed media collage on paper
9¼ x 9 inches
1981
Because the Night
mixed media collage
10½ x 10 inches
1981
Emotional Rescue
colored pencil on paper
15 x 9 inches each
1980
Sneaky Feelings
mixed media collage on paper
17 x 12 inches
1981
Better Things Are on the Way
mixed media collage on paper
24 x 18 inches
1981
There's Flies in the Kitchen
mixed media collage on paper
16 x 14 inches (?)
1981
Dance This Mess Around
mixed media collage on paper
14 x 13 inches
1981
Two Hearts Are Better Than One
mixed media constructions on mat board
5 x 4¾ inches (top) / 5 x 5½ inches (bottom)
1982
Reasons to Be Cheerful
mixed media construction on wood
1982
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
mixed media construction on wood
6 x 20¼ inches
1982
Brass in Pocket (left) / Rock the Casbah (right)
mixed media constructions with linoleum on wood
30 x 2 inches (left) / 30 x 5½ inches (right)
1983
Ground Control (left) / Space Oddity (right)
mixed media construction on wood (right) / mixed media construction with linoleum and Scrabble pieces on wood (left)
33 x 2½ x ½ inches each
1983
Now That Your Picture's in the Paper
mixed media on paper
9 x 15 inches
1980