2013. Collage. Each is 18 x 25” or 25 x 18” 
In 1956, Richard Hamilton made a small collage “Just What Is it that Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing?” intended to be a poster for the exhibition in London, “This is Tomorrow.”  Compiled of images cut from a collection of American magazines, they were symbols of the post-war good life.  He updated the collage at least 2 times before he died.
A number of artists have done their versions of the room, using the popular culture list of items to include.  In trying a new take on the theme, I removed everything from the room, keeping the stairs, window and floor.  Then taking images from art magazines and books, I imagined architectural changes, adding a second floor, basement or other additions.  Using artists and their models, they work, play and ponder.
Then in keeping with the ideas that I shared with Hamilton, I added, along with a work of his, work by Duchamp, Pollock at work and his Pop holding bodybuilder in each collage.  I substituted landscapes for his trip to the American cinema out the window and a few other personal changes to make the rooms mine without losing the Hamilton so.., so…
Now can you find the muscle man, the Hamilton and the Duchamp works?  Identify the added rooms and the figures that populate them?

* noun: kluge: an ill-assorted collection of parts assembled to fulfill a particular purpose.
*  verb:  kluge:  use ill-assorted parts to make (something).