Surrealistic collage and photography by Paul Vallance: form, emptiness and the play of opposites.: 2014

Sunday, 21 December 2014

The 'God of Dance'

Collage by Paul Vallance. Nijinsky as the 'golden slave' in the Ballet Russe production of Scheherazade, relocated to Drummond Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.

Wednesday, 3 December 2014

Collage by Paul Vallance Inspiration has left me, scalpel and scissors are back in the drawer. I think it'll be some time before I make any more collages. Meanwhile here's an image of the ferryman/ferrywoman I made earlier.

Thursday, 13 November 2014

Seclusion

Collage by Paul Vallance. 'St Augustine in his cell writing sacred texts by Botticelli. Background shows scanning electron microscopic image of a nucleolus, the specialised part of a cells nucleous that assembles particles containing ribonucleic acid (RNA).' Collage

Tuesday, 11 November 2014

Veils and seals

'Veils and seals' collage by Paul Vallance.
"Ask not of things to shed their veil.
Unveil yourselves and things will be unveiled.
Nor ask of things to break their seals.
Unseal your selves and all will be unsealed."
The Book of Mirdad.

Reservoir

'Reservoir' collage by Paul Vallance

Monday, 10 November 2014

Overlap

DLG at Greenwich, photo by PV. Background: Scanning Electron Microscope image of overlapping nerve fibres. Collage by Paul Vallance.

Sunday, 9 November 2014

A bundle of nerves

'Ganesh, Margot Fonteyn, and scanning electron microscope image of a bundle of nerves. The bundle is held together by collagen, a protein that gives strength to connective tissue.' Collage.

Saturday, 8 November 2014

Andromeda

DLG at Broadgate, photo by PV.

Wrestling

'Wrestlers with macrophage white blood cell (Transmission Electron Microscope image).' Collage.

Open heart

'Tattoo artist with macrophoto of mitral heart valve in the background'. Collage.

Slumber

'A section through a testis showing the tails of developing sperm (blue/pink) in a seminiferous tubule. (Scanning Electron Microscope image)'. Collage.

Friday, 7 November 2014

Smoking in bed

'Smoking in bed, with transmission electron microscopic image of cross sections of the cilia that line the trachea.'Collage.

Bodybuilder

'Bodybuilder. Background: light micrograph image of testosterone crystals.' Collage..with pen.

My office/studio

My office/studio where I assemble most of the collages.

Clear vision

'Clear vision: young Buddhist monk. Background: scanning electron microscope image of partial section through an eye showing the iris and the ring of muscles that controls the amount of light that enters the eye'. Collage.

Thursday, 6 November 2014

Soft and hard forms

'Soft and hard forms: the sculpltor Henry Moore in his studio. Background: scanning electron microscopic image showing blood vessels of the penis.' collage.

Brief Encounter

"This can't last. This misery can't last. I must remember that and try and control myself. Nothing lasts really. Neither happiness nor despair. Not even life lasts very long. There will come a time in the future when I shant mind about this anymore, when I can look back and say quite peacefully and cheerfully how silly I was. No, no I don't want that time to come ever. I want to remember every minute always, always to the end of my days."