Artist Portfolio: Jordan Westre
In his Manifesto of Surrealism, Anton Breton wrote, “Everything is valid when it comes to obtaining the desired suddenness from certain associations.” Breton understood surrealism as a way of being in the moment and allowing that moment to be hypnagogic or in between the realities of wakefulness and asleep. ”There is a man cut in two by the window,” he wrote. Jordan Westre’s collage combines this surrealism with Richard Hamilton’s approach to collage making.
A portfolio of Jordan Westre’s work appears in KOLAJ #15.
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“Westre uses shifts in scale, contrarian placements, and nonsensical juxtapositions to make images that function like dreams but whose messages are on point.”
A portfolio of Jordan Westre’s work appears in KOLAJ #15.
To see the complete Artist Portfolio, SUBSCRIBE to Kolaj Magazine or Get a Copy of the Issue.
Originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Westre lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia. More of her work can be seen at www.livingcouchart.com.
Image (top):
The View From God’s Garden
Detail: “stay together/learn the flowers/go light”
by Jordan Westre
approx. 12″x15.5″
collage on cold-pressed Arches sheet
2015
Image (centre):
Down the Rabbit Hole
by Jordan Westre
approx. 11″x9.5″
collage on cold-pressed Arches sheet
2015