J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation with Fran Forman

Episode #4 Summary:

Fran Forman provides a powerful insight into photomontage, and how the latter becomes a vehicle to express layers of concern when in the hands of the artist. 

Episode Notes 

Self-described as a painter with a digital palette made of images, Forman discusses how her inspiration and background led her to create the images captured in this book. The breaking of rules, constraints and the frame is discussed as a quiet revolution found within her works. 


In this book group, Fran Forman discusses, among other things:

  • The conceptual impact of photomontage

  • Being a digital painter

  • Surrealism and cinematic choreography as muses

  • Defying constraints of one’s medium


Referenced in the episode

Taika Waititi - The Art of Creativity 

Music - Michael Haneke 

Maxfield Parrish 


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