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MONOCHROME

Sometimes collage is a matter of black and white. A balance of contrasts, light and shade. Add an occasional pop of colour to brighten the senses.

All images are copyright © CLINTON GORST 2023. Please do not use without permission.

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CLINTON GORST. SUCKED IN. ANALOG COLLAGE

sucked in

A dystopian view of the future, where colour has been eliminated, along with all sign of life. Large modernist buildings spike the surface, while a lonely astronaut is floating in the post-apocalyptic atmosphere, about to be sucked into a black hole.

CLINTON GORST. CONFETTI PALAIS. ANALOG COLLAGE

confetti palais

Contrasts of jet black and bright white, here the light source is like confetti streaming down on the square below. 

CLINTON GORST. TURN ON THE BRIGHT LIGHTS. ANALOG COLLAGE

turn on the bright lights

The bright ceiling lights have been switched on by the technician on the elevator, flooding the city square with artificial light.

CLINTON GORST. BRUTALIST BUNKER. ANALOG COLLAGE

brutalist bunker

A monochrome study of dimension and scale. The vast flat Brutalist concrete bunker expands out ahead, while grand stairs lead you up towards the cosmic ground level.

CLINTON GORST. BRUTAL BEACH, SKATER'S PARADISE.ANALOG COLLAGE

brutal beach, skater's paradise

CLINTON GORST. BRAVE NEW WORLD. ANALOG COLLAGE

brave new world

Both these monochrome skateboards were made for two Melbourne shows in different years – For The Deckade, skateboard as art form.

CLINTON GORST. HOTEL BLACKSTAR.ANALOG COLLAGE

hotel blackstar

This collage visualises the interior of a hotel on a star, floating in space. The fortunate people contained inside are at leisure, having fled from a doomed planet. Two figures look out into the unsettling blackness.

CLINTON GORST. THE COMPLEX. ANALOG COLLAGE

the complex

One of Gorst's first collages to incorporate several building parts to make a new architectural complex. This piece was created for a group show in Berlin.

CLINTON GORST. ANALOG COLLAGE

home base is a lonely place

CLINTON GORST. BACK TO THE FUTURE.ANALOG COLLAGE

back to the future

The time-travelling tunnel, where spaceships can pass through time, forwards or backwards. Here, back to a Victorian scene.

CLINTON GORST. MEMORIA. ANALOG COLLAGE

memoria

Memory, nostalgia, the bittersweet echo of passing time. A life passed, a life remembered, a past life imagined.

CLINTON GORST. IN ANOTHER UNIVERSE.ANALOG COLLAGE

in another universe

This photomontage is about memory and nostalgia. Cinematic and romantic, places been and seen, a love won and lost. The original hand cut collage was created specially for Bare Bones exhibition at AIRspace Gallery, as a response to the poems of JR Waen.

CLINTON GORST. THE AFFAIR. ANALOG COLLAGE

the affair

The private affairs of three same-sex couples, are being exposed and photographed by the paparazzi, in this vintage monochrome world. 

CLINTON GORST. TWIN MODELS. ANALOG COLLAGE

twin models

Reversing the confidence of the twin models, by placing them in front of a large crowd arena they are exposed literally and figuratively.

CLINTON GORST. COLLAGE

king kong elvis

Giant Elvis towers above a vintage Manhattan, captive in hand, he can't help doing his signature move. Made exclusively for Incognito charity art show 2023.

CLINTON GORST. FLEUR A PARIS UPSTAIRS.ANALOG COLLAGE

fleur A paris (upstairs)

CLINTON GORST. FLEUR A PARIS DOWNSTAIRS.ANALOG COLLAGE

fleur A paris (downstairs)

Originally conceived as a Mother's Day card, Upstairs was the cover, and Downstairs the inside image. Inspired a range of artworks with a pop of floral brights against monochrome images.

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