One of the first pieces to come into the Project was this one by Michael Tunk, a prolific collage artist out of Alameda, California. Entitled "The Narcissist," this is one big piece both in physical size and in impact. It's also a literal piece, a work of solidarity reflecting what I had written about the Project at its inception. (If you're playing catch-up, have no fear: Links to everything appear at the bottom.) I had seen "The Narcissist" online in the various Project collage groups, of course, but it wasn't until a few weeks ago that it made its way home to me here in New York, with a casual suggestion from Michael that I might want to put on my collaborator's hat and add some of the original 1960s target fragments to the image. "Of course," I said.
"The Narcissist," by Michael Tunk, one of the first collages to come into The Target Practice Project in 2013 |
The NEW Narcissist," a rogue collaboration by Michael Tunk and Laura Tringali Holmes, 2014 |
That little red chair's for me. Notice how I'm not sitting there anymore.