Hello,
I am not convinced that words like mosiac and collage should be co-opted for this specific sub-section of artwork that you are asking about. Here are my thoughts: I have studied Chinese painting and wish that I had written my thesis proving that the Chinese masters inspired the European impressionists. This work that you are describing feels like a modern take on impressionism, pointalism, and the like. Chuck Close was not the first person to create pixelated artwork (that's a way to describe it) - but he did inspire the commercial craze of creating images that are composed of smaller, individual images.
Why create a word when you can just describe them that way?
Please also check out the work of Ayakoh Furukawa. see the "Text Drawing" section of her website:
http://www.ayakohfurukawa.net/ . This work is described by her galleries as text-based drawing.
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On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Haines, Annette
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In addition to Jill’s suggestions, perhaps the term mosaic?
Annette Haines
Art & Design Field Librarian
University of MichiganI would call that a collage, or if all photos, a photo collage.
Jill Timm
Mystical Places Press
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I'm hoping that the collective wisdom of arlis colleagues will have an answer to this: I've been trying to find examples of images or drawings where the image, perhaps a face or figure, is made up of multiples of small images like letters, words, or figures, etc. Is there a term or label for such images? Or a more precise description for them? If you can point me to any examples, or names of artists (probably graphic artists in advertising or commercial art?), I would appreciate it. Kathy Zimon
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