CIGARETTE Collage

Not and advert for smoking but just the isolation and beauty of a single word. This particular word, 'cigarette' has many connotations. Bad, unhealthy, unsociable, rebellious and in years gone by, glamorous, however when isolated on its own it is but a word. The viewer makes of it what they want but for me the elegance and the symmetry of each letter provides a powerful contrast to the ripped and torn posters used as a backdrop. In italic with the use of shadow I hold this word aloft in its graphic beauty and let people decide what it means to them. All glued onto cardboard this piece has a strength in its contrast and also in it inherent power of a just one word.