For the sixth year artist Helen Wilson invited the artists' group Tuesday Nights to play the game "Exquisite Corpse." This is a game by which a collection of images is assembled to form a body. The game was invented by the Surrealists; and earned its name from one of the initial writings: Le cadavre/exquis/boira/le vin/nouveau (the exquisite corpse will drink the young wine). It is the perfect game for creating art for a Halloween exhibition.
This group plays the game with a bit of a twist. The body is reimagined on proportionally correct pieces of paper. Each artist draws their version of a head, torso, arms and legs. The results are then spread on the floor, where each artist chooses a body, one part at a time. Everyone goes home with his or her parts and gets to work. These parts are inspiration for a piece of art. Artists can work in any medium they desire. The only obligation is to the art and to a sense of play, after all, it is just a game.
This group plays the game with a bit of a twist. The body is reimagined on proportionally correct pieces of paper. Each artist draws their version of a head, torso, arms and legs. The results are then spread on the floor, where each artist chooses a body, one part at a time. Everyone goes home with his or her parts and gets to work. These parts are inspiration for a piece of art. Artists can work in any medium they desire. The only obligation is to the art and to a sense of play, after all, it is just a game.
These are the drawings that the artists went home with. All the art in the exhibition are based on these orginal exquisite corpses.
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