Phantasmagoria defined.

A phantasm is a fleeting moment, a phantom apparition -- and a multiplicity of phantasms is said to be phantasmagoria. It is the realm of magical vision and heightened perception, of fantasy and dreamed imagery, of ... (read more)


Before the photograph came into acceptance as the predominant means of illustrating the day's news, there was a fashion in periodical publications when newspaper artists staged mock-up scenes of famous events ... (read more)
 

Brien Coleman's collages are an epicure's feast, opulent as marbled endpapers in an antique book, evocative of worlds some of us feel we have seen before, but never in print and never in places other than our mind's eye ...  (read more)


PHANTASMAGORIC IMAGE PRESENTS A MAGIC LANTERN OF IMAGERY: THE ENIGMATIC COLLAGE WORKS OF BRIEN COLEMAN. THESE MYSTICAL AND SURREAL WORKS OFFER AN INTRICATE AND FASCINATING WINDOW INTO A FLAMBOYANT PARALLEL UNIVERSE WHERE PICTORIAL LANDSCAPES EMERGE AS IF FROM A WAKING DREAM, THE PARANORMAL AND SUPERNAL SEEM COMMONPLACE, AND PSYCHIC TOPOGRAPHIES LINGER IN THE MEMORY.
NOW FEATURING SAMPLE IMAGES FROM HIS NEW COLLECTIONS: ENIGMATIX ONE AND ENIGMATIX TWO.

This site is conceived as a showcase for the collage works produced over the past twenty or so years. It will continue to evolve and feature submissions from other visual artists and poets who deal in the phantasmagoric and surreal. It is hoped that this will lead to an alternative gallery of new projects and forms of self expression, illumination, and creative collaborations. 

I invite comments, interpretations, and messages of any kind. Each image on the site conveys a story of some kind and I'd like to hear how you interpret it.
Just go to the  Phantasmagoric Facebook page.

 

Brien Coleman, originally from Miami and New York City, has drawn from his many travels, friendshps and colorful experiences and found a fantastic outlet for self-expression via installations and collage on PHANTASMAGORIC IMAGE, as well as his two recent books, ENIGMATIX ONE and ENIGMATIX TWO. He intends to broaden this imagery into more dynamic, larger scale presentations. He currently lives in Miami.

 

 
 


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