Out of the Picture: The Record Album Cover Series

Pam Brabants

4 June - 1 July 2018

Photo by Stephen A'Court

In this new body of work, visual artist Pam Brabants has appropriated record album covers from the 50’s and 60’s.

With painstaking care, she has removed the backgrounds in the images leaving behind the female figures.

Then, by methodically applying her own handwritten pencil texts, the words become building blocks as the sentences are repeated in the process of endurance drawing.

Above: He said, 2018 (The Best of the West: 20 All Time Great Country and Western Favourites, compilation, date unknown

Photo by Stephen A'Court

Pam sees a direct relationship between the obsessive thought patterns in these drawings and the vinyl records they hold, which like the female figures, spin seductive and romantic yarns from another era.

From left to right:

All her power, 2018 (Hammond Pops 5, Klaus Wunderlich, 1969)
He said, 2018 (The Best of the West: 20 All Time Great Country and Western Favourites, compilation, date unknown)
Captivated, 2018 (A Swingin’ Safari, Bert Kaempfert, 1962)
What she wore, 2018 (Ray Coniff Hi-Fi Companion, 1958)
Another woman, 2018 (Pal Joey, Rogers and Hart, 1960)
Drowning, 2018 (Sea of Dreams, Nelson Riddle, 1958)

These works are available for sale (record included).

For any enquiries please contact Pam directly: pambrabants@gmail.com