“Beachfront Property For Rent (Cosmetic Damage)"

--An Adaptation of John Divola's Zuma Beach Series--

collage materials:  Mod Podge, acrylic paint, pasted magazine cuttings on 16 in. x 12 in. art catalog spread over mounted canvas + washi tape side trim

With Banksy so active in London this past week —and the 2028 “Hollywood Olympics” also being spotlighted in the media— I’ve got my mind on not only vandalism art and surreal imagery but the City of Angels in particular.  With that being said, not many portfolios in contemporary photography are more authentically, eerily Californian than John Divola’s half-century of work.  While it certainly didn’t need improvement, here I’ve altered one of his beach interiors (“Zuma #3”) with a smattering of additional elements via analog collage.  I must admit, with affordable housing running as dry as the LA River, a torn-apart shack in coastal Malibu isn’t looking so bad!