Artist(s) of the Week: The Royal Art Lodge

The Royal Art Lodge. The name itself conjures images of secret ritual practices, exclusive membership, brave stands taken against the elements. But this is not your father's lodge, nor even your father's art lodge. A collaborative of eight young, wildly inventive, modestly self-effacing Canadian artists--

Marcel Dzama

Neil Farber

Drue Langlois

Myles Langlois

Jonathan Pylypchuk

Adrian Williams

--The Royal Art Lodge enjoys a far-ranging and free-wheeling practice, producing everything from works on paper to film, video, musical performances, and puppets, with drawing, that most personal and immediate of art forms, providing the link between the various products of their whimsey.

The Royal Art Lodge: Studio shots

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LINKS: The Royal Art Lodge Website

Marcel Dzama, a hero of The Royal Art Lodge, discusses his own personal direction and projects he is working on in New York.

Gallery Director, Cameron Shaw discusses Marcel Dzama's exhibition, "Even the Ghost of the Past" at David Zwirner Gallery in New York.

Animation/Video/Music Video

Featuring the drawings of Marcel Dzama

Playing Cards

Here is the link to more playing card images:

Playing Cards

Playing Cards

SOME GUIDELINES

(refer to MT project sheet for details)

Orientation

• Tall/Portrait
• Reversible (no "right-side-up") May be read both ways...

Here are some examples. All four are done differently. Is there a relationship between the top and bottom half? What are some symbols? What role do they play within the image? Is there a story being told? What is it?

This is an example of a card that can be read both ways, but doesn't seem like there's a top or bottom. It looks like one whole image either way you position it. This is another example of you you can compose your card.

IN CONCLUSION:

There is a wide span of how you can compose your reversible card image. At one end could be an integrated mirror image, at the other end, something like the card shown above, and anything else in between.

And remember to let symbols and patterns/textures aid you in composition and telling your story.