You Can Take Me Now

Sol Lewitt on Conceptual Art- No.20 
"Successful art changes our understanding of the conventions by altering our perceptions."

You Can Take Me Now  
24" x 48"

 At first glance, what may appear to be random elements are, in reality, carefully chosen from unlikely cast-off publications, then cut-out, placed and pasted down permanently. Multiple images inhabit visual rhythms within the collage. While there is no dominant subject or obvious theme, the panel may be perceived as facets fused into one poetic whole.  Deliberate cut and paste improvisations (including the use of lucky scraps), bond areas in the panel comprised of black, white and grey cuts to areas infused with all the shades of blue and other colorful ingredients. 

Ricci's juxtapositions blend and connect when affixed together, like a hip-hop sampling. JSR