Wallace Polsom, “Ask Me No Questions CXCII” (04 Mar 2026), paper collage, 26.2 x 33.3 cm | https://wallacepolsom.com/post/810187864926273536/wallace-polsom-ask-me-no-questions-cxcii-04-mar #papercollage #collage #art #artistsonmastodon #contemporaryart #askmenoquestions #surrealart #deformation #defamiliarization

2/2 Article focuses on T’s
#defamiliarization of common justifications of #violence (with examples), encouraging readers to admit their implicit #complicity & noticing process which numbed them into accepting such complicity.

Then reflects on 4 specific
#subversive characteristics of defam: #disruption of automated perception, implicit #concession of problem, corrosion of respect for traditional
#hierarchies, & encouragement of
#empathy

Wallace Polsom, “Ask Me No Questions CLXXXV” (12 Aug 2025), paper collage, 22.1 x 31.8 cm | https://wallacepolsom.com/post/791708472364400640/wallace-polsom-ask-me-no-questions-clxxxv-12-aug #papercollage #collage #art #artistsonmastodon #contemporaryart #askmenoquestions #surrealart #deformation #defamiliarization #celebrity

Wallace Polsom, “Ask Me No Questions CLXXXIV” (25 Jul 2025), paper collage, 25 x 30 cm | https://wallacepolsom.com/post/789250919996014592/wallace-polsom-ask-me-no-questions-clxxxiv-25 #papercollage #collage #art #artistsonmastodon #contemporaryart #askmenoquestions #surrealart #deformation #defamiliarization #arthistory

Wallace Polsom, “Back to Front XXXI” (16 Jun 2025), paper collage, 20 x 27.4 cm | https://wallacepolsom.com/post/786528135812349952/wallace-polsom-back-to-front-xxxi-16-jun-2025 #papercollage #collage #art #artistsonmastodon #contemporaryart #surrealart #deformation #defamiliarization #arthistory

Wallace Polsom, “Ask Me No Questions CLXXXIII” (11 Jun 2025), paper collage, 22.7 x 29.7 cm | https://wallacepolsom.com/post/786078904998871040/wallace-polsom-ask-me-no-questions-clxxxiii-11 #papercollage #collage #art #artistsonmastodon #contemporaryart #askmenoquestions #surrealart #deformation #defamiliarization #celebrity

Wallace Polsom, “Ask Me No Questions CLXXXI” (09 Apr 2025), paper collage, 20.9 x 31.7 cm | https://wallacepolsom.com/post/780368353038663680/wallace-polsom-ask-me-no-questions-clxxxi-09-apr #papercollage #collage #art #artistsonmastodon #contemporaryart #askmenoquestions #surrealart #deformation #defamiliarization #celebrity

Wallace Polsom, “Re-Construct L” (26 Mar 2025), paper collage, 19.6 x 29.1 cm | https://wallacepolsom.com/post/779106446062354432/wallace-polsom-re-construct-l-26-mar-2025 #papercollage #collage #art #artistsonmastodon #contemporaryart #reconstruct #surrealart #deformation #defamiliarization

Wallace Polsom, “Ask Me No Questions CLXXX” (18 Mar 2025), paper collage, 22.2 x 30.7 cm | https://wallacepolsom.com/post/778391458325708800/wallace-polsom-ask-me-no-questions-clxxx-18-mar #papercollage #collage #art #artistsonmastodon #contemporaryart #askmenoquestions #surrealart #deformation #defamiliarization #celebrity

Wallace Polsom, “Fun House XVII” (11 Mar 2025), paper collage, 19.9 x 29.8 cm | https://wallacepolsom.com/post/777753977873924096/wallace-polsom-fun-house-xvii-11-mar-2025 #papercollage #collage #art #artistsonmastodon #contemporaryart #funhouse #surrealart #deformation #defamiliarization #celebrity

Wallace Polsom, “Ask Me No Questions CLXXIX” (07 Mar 2025), paper collage, 22.6 x 30.5 cm | https://wallacepolsom.com/post/777380768000458752/wallace-polsom-ask-me-no-questions-clxxix-07-mar #papercollage #collage #art #artistsonmastodon #contemporaryart #askmenoquestions #surrealart #deformation #defamiliarization #celebrity

Wallace Polsom, “Re-Construct XLIX” (06 Mar 2025), paper collage, 20.5 x 28.5 cm | https://wallacepolsom.com/post/777298677405548544/wallace-polsom-re-construct-xlix-06-mar-2025 #papercollage #collage #art #artistsonmastodon #contemporaryart #reconstruct #surrealart #deformation #defamiliarization #arthistory

Wallace Polsom, “Time’s Arrow X” (25 Feb 2025), paper collage, 17.4 x 31.5 cm | https://wallacepolsom.com/post/776462021258543104/wallace-polsom-times-arrow-x-25-feb-2025 #papercollage #collage #art #artistsonmastodon #contemporaryart #timesarrow #surrealart #deformation #defamiliarization

Wallace Polsom, “Time’s Arrow IX; or, State of the Union” (21 Jan 2025), paper collage, 18.4 x 33.8 cm | https://wallacepolsom.com/post/773310043010564096/wallace-polsom-times-arrow-xi-or-state-of-the #papercollage #collage #art #artistsonmastodon #contemporaryart #timesarrow #stateoftheunion #surrealart #deformation #defamiliarization

Wallace Polsom, “Ask Me No Questions CLXXVIII” (20 Jan 2025), paper collage, 21.2 x 28.2 cm | https://wallacepolsom.com/post/773222041479495681/wallace-polsom-ask-me-no-questions-clxxviii-20 #papercollage #collage #art #artistsonmastodon #contemporaryart #askmenoquestions #surrealart #deformation #defamiliarization #arthistory

Wallace Polsom, “Ask Me No Questions CLXXVII” (16 Jan 2025), paper collage, 21.4 x 26.4 cm | https://wallacepolsom.com/post/772855069964222464/wallace-polsom-ask-me-no-questions-clxxvii-16 #papercollage #collage #art #artistsonmastodon #contemporaryart #askmenoquestions #surrealart #deformation #defamiliarization #impliedviolence

2/ Article focuses on T’s #defamiliarization of common justifications of #violence (with examples), encouraging readers to admit their implicit #complicity & noticing process which numbed them into accepting such complicity

3/ Then reflects on 4 specific #subversive characteristics of defam: #disruption of automated perception, implicit #concession of problem, corrosion of respect for traditional #hierarchies, & encouragement of #empathy

Wallace Polsom, “Ask Me No Questions CLXXVI” (08 Jan 2025), paper collage, 22 x 30.6 cm | https://wallacepolsom.com/post/772136031673860096/wallace-polsom-ask-me-no-questions-clxxvi-08-jan #papercollage #collage #art #artistsonmastodon #contemporaryart #askmenoquestions #surrealart #deformation #defamiliarization #celebrity

Wallace Polsom, “Ask Me No Questions CLXXV” (31 Dec 2024), paper collage, 21.2 x 26.6 cm | https://wallacepolsom.com/post/771400302385561600/wallace-polsom-ask-me-no-questions-clxxv-31-dec #papercollage #collage #art #artistsonmastodon #contemporaryart #askmenoquestions #surrealart #deformation #defamiliarization #arthistory

Wallace Polsom, “Ask Me No Questions CLXXIV” (15 Dec 2024), paper collage, 22.2 x 29.8 cm | https://wallacepolsom.com/post/769983159019372544/wallace-polsom-ask-me-no-questions-clxxiv-15-dec #papercollage #collage #art #artistsonmastodon #contemporaryart #askmenoquestions #surrealart #deformation #defamiliarization