Joroko & Yow! - Intuitive Bricolage @ Smile Gallery
Burnell Yow!, “Dolls of the Apocalypse“, Smile Gallery.
Burnell Yow!, “Mummy Barbie“.
B. Yow!, L. Parkes, D. Walters, “Exquisite Corpse #33“, giclee print, 20″ x 16″
Joroko,”March On“, mixed media.
Joroko, “Subtext“, mixed media.
Bricolage, pronounced /ˌbriːkoʊˈlɑːʒ/, /ˌbrɪkoʊˈlɑːʒ/ is a term used in several disciplines, among them the visual arts and literature, to refer to the construction or creation of a work from a diverse range of things which happen to be available, or a work created by such a process. The term is borrowed from the French word bricolage, from the verb bricoler – the core meaning in French being, “fiddle, tinker” and, by extension, “make creative and resourceful use of whatever materials are to hand (regardless of their original purpose).”
A person who engages in bricolage is a bricoleur.
Thank you Wikipedia!
Burnell’s dolls are totemic, shamanistic, zen-like, beatific, clever, ironic, dystopian creations repurposing objet trouve and doll parts. The digital “exquisite corpse” prints are a great stealable idea - so po-mo.
Joroko’s goth skeletons populating bombed out surfaces, dancing and cavorting with stars, stripes, crosses and words perfectly counterpoints the odd dolls - somehow the energy of the room becomes a bad boy’s fantasy world of stealing your sister’s dolls and ripping the heads off and drawing war scenes with explosions, craters and bodies. Dr. Deb Miller curated the show - deep.