Bill Blair’s Mexicana Photomontages
La China Poblana
Some wonderful Mexicana themed photomontage gift cards have been for sale at Plenty for several months now and were featured in an article here a while back. These images by local artist, Bill Blair, were published in Mexico by Gusano de Luz. They incorporate human subjects from the artist’s extensive collection of early-20th-century Mexican real-photo postcards, mixing his own background elements photographed from his travels in Mexico.
Bill’s original pieces - including the ones from the card line - are on exhibit at Ferris‘ upstairs now! The originals are unique, one-of-a-kind silver gelatin prints hand-tinted with transparent photo oils. We are thrilled to carry several items at Plenty from Ferris’ including Sandy’s famous herbal teas, chais, fantabulous brownies and bran bread mix! See Mary-Lou’s comments about the Bran Bread in the A Few of Our Favourite Things post. My love for Ferris’ brownies will likely inspire a future article.
Bill has recently been commissioned to create five original photomontages for Chicago chef Rick Bayless’ new restaurant, Xoco. City Food has published an article about his work and the new restaurant.
Bill’s work is always aestheic, fun, beautiful eclectic and creative
Enjoy !
He is too modest.
Do Not overlook this collection and more of his
offerings!
Comment by marguerite downs — July 23, 2010 @ 2:51 pm