"Liquid Value"

This is a large – 30” x 40” – and unique piece by collage artist Roderick Slater. While most of Slater’s work tends toward academic themes (history, music, science, etc.), this collage is part of a limited series (c. 2006) that departs from those themes to celebrate the pleasures of wine.

The primary images include portions of bottles from Chateau Margaux and Chateau Lafite Rothschild, the rocky soils of the Medoc, and cellared bottles. At the center is an image is a bottle of red and clouds painted with acrylic, while the rest is collage/assemblage, with smaller compositions layered assemblage style around it. But the center also contains an intriguing surprise – although it is difficult to discern at glance, the middle of the piece is a hinged door that opens to reveal another assemblage both on and inside the door, featuring a miniature wine bottle, maps of Percharmant, Monbazillac, the Bergeracois and the Rhone, and a variety of three-dimensional objects. The work is extremely detailed and must be seen first-hand to be appreciated. It requires no frame, incorporating a “visual frame” as part of the collage itself, in Slater’s distinctive style

Original or Reproduction : American
Type: Mixed Media Collage
Subject : Wine, Margaux, Lafite, Medoc
Gallery Price: $800 - $1,000 ........................Your Price: $675 or YBO