{"product_id":"three-blue-stations-for-departure","title":"Three Blue Stations for Departure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMixed media, pastel on paper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e12x15x1\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy collage works take their cue from the compressed poetry of twentieth-century collage: found words, catalogue numbers, destinations, objects and fragments of private language. \r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eThree repeated arches establish an austere central architecture inspired by words from Herman Hesse's coming-of-age novel, Siddhartha that guides the main character in his journey.  I read this book in New York and saw myself in a parallel path, coming-of-age in New York in the late 90's after temporarily moving from Toronto for a job working for a TV company.  \r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eI was alone in the big city, with a passion for nostaglia and absorbing all the new sights, sounds and people.  \r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eThis piece consists of assorted torn papers from my journal, from NBC where I worked at the time, film and urban fragments accumulate at its edges of a worn book cover, like evidence gathered around a half-remembered monument.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jamie Cohen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44291811049575,"sku":null,"price":2100.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1785268489_35195.png?v=1785268524","url":"https:\/\/helloart.com\/products\/three-blue-stations-for-departure","provider":"helloart","version":"1.0","type":"link"}