Edward Gomez, Founder of the Brut Journal, connects Rudin’s work with the history of collage, art brut, and psychoanalysis in his article “A Psychiatrist-Artist Explores and Revels in—The Technique as ‘Metaphor for Memory and Identity.’” A seasoned editor and writer, Gomez is a master of words, weaving metaphor and precise, detailed observations to underscore Rudin’s intention to illuminate the psychology of collage.

“Rudin’s collages, which he produces using photographic images clipped from magazines and product catalogs, bring to mind CinemaScope-wide vistas, theatrical scenes framed by prosceniums, and old neoclassical paintings whose complex compositions are packed with costumed figures in royal pageants, riders on horseback, or cute, chubby cherubs in celestial swarms. They’re dense, that is, overflowing with visual information.”

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