http://artstudiosecrets.com/2009/11/11/sketch-theatre-artist-collaboration/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:47:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://artstudiosecrets.com/2009/11/11/sketch-theatre-artist-collaboration/comment-page-1/#comment-4804 NovySan Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:38:36 +0000 http://artstudiosecrets.com/?p=1743#comment-4804 We once did a similar thing, spread out over a whole summer, on an unused 4x8 stage flat on the porch at the infamous 706 Illinois Street in Urbana. Everyone that lived there and guests as well were required to add to the painting. I wish we'd thought to take a photo of the collaboration before it became a used stage flat in some production at the Armory Free Theater or The Station. In a way I'm also glad we didn't. The work exists only in the memories of those who participated, untouched and unspoiled forever. To this day the armada of hot air balloons held aloft by giant wedges of Swiss cheese attacking an alien landscape built off the body of Michelangelo's "The Creation of Adam." is one of my favorite images of all time. And only a few of us ever got to see it. We once did a similar thing, spread out over a whole summer, on an unused 4×8 stage flat on the porch at the infamous 706 Illinois Street in Urbana. Everyone that lived there and guests as well were required to add to the painting. I wish we’d thought to take a photo of the collaboration before it became a used stage flat in some production at the Armory Free Theater or The Station. In a way I’m also glad we didn’t. The work exists only in the memories of those who participated, untouched and unspoiled forever. To this day the armada of hot air balloons held aloft by giant wedges of Swiss cheese attacking an alien landscape built off the body of Michelangelo’s “The Creation of Adam.” is one of my favorite images of all time. And only a few of us ever got to see it.

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