Elizabeth Bisbing '93
Myself as the Madonna of Mercy (after Charanton)
Elizabeth Bisbing '93
Birth of Venus (after Botticelli)
Collage: Gouache on paper, with gold leaf
6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches
2008.
Elizabeth Bisbing '93
Judith and Holofernes (after Klimt)
Gouache on paper collage
6.63" x 4.5"
Elizabeth Bisbing '93
Girl and Crane (after Modersohn Becker)
Gouache on paper
3" x 2"
Elizabeth Bisbing '93
Madonna with Pear (after Durer)
Gouache on paper collage
6.63" x 4.5"
Elizabeth Bisbing '93
Water Pitcher (after Vermeer) [Veil Series],
Collage: Gouache on paper
6 5/8 x 4 1/2 inches
2007
Elizabeth Bisbing '93
Tehemana (after Gauguin)
Collage: Gouache on paper, with gold leaf
6 3/8 x 4 3/8 inches
2008.
Elizabeth Bisbing '93
Salome (after Moreau)
Gouache on paper collage
5/8 x 4 1/2 inches
Elizabeth Bisbing '93
Eve (after Klimt)
Collage: Gouache on paper
6 3/8 x 4 3/8 inches
2008
Elizabeth Bisbing '93
St. Veronica (after Campin)
Elizabeth Bisbing '93
Benazir Bhutto
Gouache on paper collage
6.61" x 4.5"
Elizabeth Bisbing '93
Byzantine Diva
Collage: Bergdorf Goodman 'Visions' collage
7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
Elizabeth Bisbing
2010
Elizabeth Bisbing '93
Eve
Gouache on paper collage
6.5 x 4.5"
Elizabeth Bisbing '93
Radha
Gouache on paper with mylar
6 5/8 x 4 1/2 inches
2008.
Elizabeth Bisbing '93
For the Love of Pattern (after Klimt)
Gouache on paper collage
2.5" x 3.5"
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Elizabeth Bisbing '93 - November - December 2010 Alumnae Online Exhibition
My painted paper collages deal with iconography that addresses woman as heroine, protector, saint and seductress. The sources of my work are images of paintings from the mystical heritage of (wo)mankind. I reference specific paintings and sculpture, reinterpreting this material in painted paper collage, which is abruptly pieced together disallowing for smooth transitions as in the referenced paintings. I love the obsessive nature of cutting and pasting, sometimes tiny pieces of painted paper, to create sculptural collages.
Some of this work belongs to a large series, Change of Identity Cards, which began with an investigation of the veil across time and civilizations. The format of the Change of Identity Cards comes from a Nineteenth century ladies' card game found in watercolors by Mary Ellen Best (1809 – 1891).The game consists of placing a variety of painted costumed faceless cards over the figure of a young woman.
