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After 10 Years Of Slowly Dying, I Finally Found The Cause, And Now I See Abstract Art Whenever I Close My Eyes

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Ten years. Ten years of very slowly dying from a number of autoimmune issues, something that doctors couldn’t put their finger on. Finally, in 2011, I found my health by uncovering the culprit for my unexplained issues (gluten, for those who are curious).

When that happened, and I started healing, my brain sort of re-wired. I’d close my eyes in the shower, and I’d see abstract art. I’d go to bed at night, and I’d see unique art before me. I’d laugh hard, and I’d see abstract art. And all of that, when completely sober! My husband insisted it’s just me, healing, but I felt like it was someone programming my mind.

Fast forward to a few months later, and I fell in love with the style of “pop art vintage collage” in 2011 — an art medium brand new at the time, making the rounds online. I started making these photo collages inspired by vintage art immediately as if it was a primal need of mine. I’d wake up in the morning, and I’d have this need to make a collage out of some vintage photos mixed with new ideas. Never before in my 39 years of life thus far, I felt that way, but I cherish that feeling every day now.

Art flourished late for me, it was almost on a “paused” mode, it seems, but it finally did arrive when I was ready for it.

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Eugenia Loli

Collage artist, illustrator, and filmmaker. Previously in the tech industry.

Collage artist, illustrator, and filmmaker. Previously in the tech industry.

What do you think ?

fredericeeckman 9 years ago

I find it tacky but in a good way ! Like a Tarantino movie could be, or some 70's wallpaper. I don't know if I'm really clear :)) But I like it !

19points

KellySherwin 9 years ago

Your work is amazing and what a cool gift you've discovered! I have a similar gluten experience (sans artistic revelations...helas :-))...about 7 years of undiagnosable auto-immune 'issues' that all resolved just by cutting gluten out of my life.

9points

JuliaWolfe 9 years ago

Where can I buy prints? Awesome work!

5points

EugeniaLoli (Post author) 9 years ago

Link on the article, thanks!

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TabithaArgyleBuono 9 years ago

I LOVE THIS!!!! I would put ALL of this art on my walls!!!!

2points

fOtOmoth 9 years ago

Absolutely brilliant work! Im so glad you have found your passion and purpose through art. I find your work hugely enjoyable and would definitely buy your book if you had one?

2points

aletheiali 9 years ago

word to that!

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VeronicaColemanDover 9 years ago

I love these! If this is how you heal, I think it's a pretty great process. I'm glad you found out what was causing your ailments. ;)

1point

MarisSkujins 9 years ago

It's a virtual nonsense but Oh My God I Love It!

1point

KathleenKennedy 9 years ago

I wish I could post it on FB but I can't eliminate the porn. too bad. I'd love to learn more about the autoimmune situation and treatment. I have similar. I really wish you the best with your health. The art is exquisite.

1point

EugeniaLoli (Post author) 9 years ago

Email me if you'd like a to talk about it! :)

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SalgoodSam 9 years ago

If the collage work is the kind of thing you see in your dreams, you don't mean abstract art, it's Surrealism.

1point

EugeniaLoli (Post author) 9 years ago

Yes, this is surrealism. Abstractness is what I saw during the brain programming, not what art I eventually created.

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LauraZwerver 9 years ago

I totally love it !

1point

ChrisDempsey 9 years ago

Some of these would make great album covers.

1point

OddAthaëna 9 years ago

Those are mind blowing!!!

1point

Kimbleperry 9 years ago

lovely exciting pieces. It looks more like conceptual art to me, where you juxtapose clear images in an original manner. Love them so much. Especially the ones about women.

1point

RitaKubuliņa 9 years ago

This is just simply and wonderfully amazing.

1point

PeteZach 9 years ago

Atomic Headshot.

1point

SriGanesh.Ninja 7 years ago

Good Work and i am still struggling to get out of it depression and anxiety

0points

Ana Super 8 years ago

ow wow

0points

toe dels 8 years ago

fascin8ing story/work

0points

KatrinaGreen 8 years ago

Woah.....I love all of these so much!

0points

ConstanceCongdon 9 years ago

Genius!! And so liberating!!

0points

LindsayRopiak 9 years ago

These are so awesome :)

0points

Kleiner 9 years ago

Pop Art. Nice!

0points

ÖliviaSchaber 9 years ago

I am in LOVE!!!!!! SOOOOO amazing! Glad you're not dying anymore :-)

0points

FrimpongPoku-Dankwa 9 years ago

For some reason this gives me a nostalgic feeling... I love your works. I could stare for HOURS!

0points

KenriBasar 9 years ago

Badly cut but all of them put together is very endearing.... I am product of the late 80s but I have old magazines from 60s and 70s so this reminds me a lot of childhood and just makes me nostalgic in general... NICE!!!

0points

IsobelCoetzee 9 years ago

Uh, "abstract" you say? Ever heard of Jackson Pollock? Or, you know, Rothko?

0points

IsobelCoetzee 9 years ago

Uh, "abstract" you say..? You've heard of Jackson Pollock right? Or, you know, Rothko?

0points

malkytam 9 years ago

I love your work Eugenia. I think it's a fantastic blend of pop art, fantasy and erotica. Keep off the gluten :-)

0points

MarlyseCarroll 9 years ago

Great imagination, love it.

0points

LynnWallace 9 years ago

Love!

0points

ChristopherSawyer 9 years ago

"Fast forward to a few months later, and I fell in love with the style of “pop vintage collage” in 2011 — a style brand new at the time, making the rounds online" i really like the artwork but it is not a style brand new at the time. winston smith (no, not the character from orwell's "1984") has been doing it for decades as have others. look him up.

0points

BrodieLeBlanc 9 years ago

I feel like this is better described as surrealism than abstract art. Still cool, though.

0points

EricaCrowell-Hoffman 9 years ago

Is that the Maroon bells in the background?

0points

BeeHale 9 years ago

I've admired your work before. Love your ideas and the overall effect of each picture, brilliant!

0points

IreneRussak 9 years ago

I'd like too see abstract art all of the time! You are blessed:D And your work is awesome!

0points

DebraSingleton 9 years ago

you need to have a one woman show!

0points

KayRamsbottom 9 years ago

What a great talent you have uncovered. 'Bad Taste' made me lol, but I love 'I Am I' and 'Up or Down', would hang those on my wall. Keep creating!

0points

AzAndree 9 years ago

keep doing it, fantastic!

0points

JohnOliver 9 years ago

The hostility in the Facebooks comments is bewildering. The level of hate says so much about the posters. I find this art extraordinary. The way that the artist has taken banal advertising of years gone by, and manipulated it into something stunning is worthy or recognition. When will this exhibition be traveling to Australia? I so want to see the works in person and not just a computer screen.

0points

DonnaHing 9 years ago

Fantastic...I love these works of art. Imaginative, surprising, ingenious...

0points

LyoneFein 9 years ago

These are so wonderful! Your collages are so right on. I love the Natural History Museum one especially.

0points

KwihuiHalliday 9 years ago

I think they are fabulous. Where can I purchase them? So very unique. Don't like the sexualized ones, but the other statement pieces are fantastic. Creative pieces.

0points

FatimaPereiradaRosa 9 years ago

WOW! Fantastic work. I also had this problem with gluten. Now I can see my mind working in a speed I've never imagened before.

0points

HeatherLawless 9 years ago

I love this kind of stuff! So creative and shocking! A real conversation piece. Where can I buy 5??

0points

MayaAladdin 9 years ago

Left me trippin'

0points

JanizEbyas 9 years ago

These are amazing!

0points

AstridThillet 9 years ago

Brilliant.

0points

DanielMoisan 9 years ago

A bit self righteousness in the story. Nonetheless good pretty art. The idea and the messages are strong, the surealism collage i've seen many times.

0points

AnnaSchweizer 9 years ago

I don't know why, but this pictures rejoiced my heart! I always loved surrealism, but this is something very special! I'm happy for you and your great gift! Thank you!

0points

SalgoodSam 9 years ago

small quibble, that's not abstract art, if it's something like what you see when you dream what you mean is Surrealism. Abstract would be without figurative form, think Mark Rothko.

0points

EugeniaLoli (Post author) 9 years ago

Already explained in the comments 3-4 times already. :)

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JonášStrouhal 9 years ago

more surreal than abstract...

0points

EugeniaLoli (Post author) 9 years ago

It is modern surrealism. The abstract thing was part of the "brain programming", not part of what I was going to do.

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fredericeeckman 9 years ago

I find it tacky but in a good way ! Like a Tarantino movie could be, or some 70's wallpaper. I don't know if I'm really clear :)) But I like it !

19points

KellySherwin 9 years ago

Your work is amazing and what a cool gift you've discovered! I have a similar gluten experience (sans artistic revelations...helas :-))...about 7 years of undiagnosable auto-immune 'issues' that all resolved just by cutting gluten out of my life.

9points

JuliaWolfe 9 years ago

Where can I buy prints? Awesome work!

5points

EugeniaLoli (Post author) 9 years ago

Link on the article, thanks!

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TabithaArgyleBuono 9 years ago

I LOVE THIS!!!! I would put ALL of this art on my walls!!!!

2points

fOtOmoth 9 years ago

Absolutely brilliant work! Im so glad you have found your passion and purpose through art. I find your work hugely enjoyable and would definitely buy your book if you had one?

2points

aletheiali 9 years ago

word to that!

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VeronicaColemanDover 9 years ago

I love these! If this is how you heal, I think it's a pretty great process. I'm glad you found out what was causing your ailments. ;)

1point

MarisSkujins 9 years ago

It's a virtual nonsense but Oh My God I Love It!

1point

KathleenKennedy 9 years ago

I wish I could post it on FB but I can't eliminate the porn. too bad. I'd love to learn more about the autoimmune situation and treatment. I have similar. I really wish you the best with your health. The art is exquisite.

1point

EugeniaLoli (Post author) 9 years ago

Email me if you'd like a to talk about it! :)

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SalgoodSam 9 years ago

If the collage work is the kind of thing you see in your dreams, you don't mean abstract art, it's Surrealism.

1point

EugeniaLoli (Post author) 9 years ago

Yes, this is surrealism. Abstractness is what I saw during the brain programming, not what art I eventually created.

0points

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LauraZwerver 9 years ago

I totally love it !

1point

ChrisDempsey 9 years ago

Some of these would make great album covers.

1point

OddAthaëna 9 years ago

Those are mind blowing!!!

1point

Kimbleperry 9 years ago

lovely exciting pieces. It looks more like conceptual art to me, where you juxtapose clear images in an original manner. Love them so much. Especially the ones about women.

1point

RitaKubuliņa 9 years ago

This is just simply and wonderfully amazing.

1point

PeteZach 9 years ago

Atomic Headshot.

1point

SriGanesh.Ninja 7 years ago

Good Work and i am still struggling to get out of it depression and anxiety

0points

Ana Super 8 years ago

ow wow

0points

toe dels 8 years ago

fascin8ing story/work

0points

KatrinaGreen 8 years ago

Woah.....I love all of these so much!

0points

ConstanceCongdon 9 years ago

Genius!! And so liberating!!

0points

LindsayRopiak 9 years ago

These are so awesome :)

0points

Kleiner 9 years ago

Pop Art. Nice!

0points

ÖliviaSchaber 9 years ago

I am in LOVE!!!!!! SOOOOO amazing! Glad you're not dying anymore :-)

0points

FrimpongPoku-Dankwa 9 years ago

For some reason this gives me a nostalgic feeling... I love your works. I could stare for HOURS!

0points

KenriBasar 9 years ago

Badly cut but all of them put together is very endearing.... I am product of the late 80s but I have old magazines from 60s and 70s so this reminds me a lot of childhood and just makes me nostalgic in general... NICE!!!

0points

IsobelCoetzee 9 years ago

Uh, "abstract" you say? Ever heard of Jackson Pollock? Or, you know, Rothko?

0points

IsobelCoetzee 9 years ago

Uh, "abstract" you say..? You've heard of Jackson Pollock right? Or, you know, Rothko?

0points

malkytam 9 years ago

I love your work Eugenia. I think it's a fantastic blend of pop art, fantasy and erotica. Keep off the gluten :-)

0points

MarlyseCarroll 9 years ago

Great imagination, love it.

0points

LynnWallace 9 years ago

Love!

0points

ChristopherSawyer 9 years ago

"Fast forward to a few months later, and I fell in love with the style of “pop vintage collage” in 2011 — a style brand new at the time, making the rounds online" i really like the artwork but it is not a style brand new at the time. winston smith (no, not the character from orwell's "1984") has been doing it for decades as have others. look him up.

0points

BrodieLeBlanc 9 years ago

I feel like this is better described as surrealism than abstract art. Still cool, though.

0points

EricaCrowell-Hoffman 9 years ago

Is that the Maroon bells in the background?

0points

BeeHale 9 years ago

I've admired your work before. Love your ideas and the overall effect of each picture, brilliant!

0points

IreneRussak 9 years ago

I'd like too see abstract art all of the time! You are blessed:D And your work is awesome!

0points

DebraSingleton 9 years ago

you need to have a one woman show!

0points

KayRamsbottom 9 years ago

What a great talent you have uncovered. 'Bad Taste' made me lol, but I love 'I Am I' and 'Up or Down', would hang those on my wall. Keep creating!

0points

AzAndree 9 years ago

keep doing it, fantastic!

0points

JohnOliver 9 years ago

The hostility in the Facebooks comments is bewildering. The level of hate says so much about the posters. I find this art extraordinary. The way that the artist has taken banal advertising of years gone by, and manipulated it into something stunning is worthy or recognition. When will this exhibition be traveling to Australia? I so want to see the works in person and not just a computer screen.

0points

DonnaHing 9 years ago

Fantastic...I love these works of art. Imaginative, surprising, ingenious...

0points

LyoneFein 9 years ago

These are so wonderful! Your collages are so right on. I love the Natural History Museum one especially.

0points

KwihuiHalliday 9 years ago

I think they are fabulous. Where can I purchase them? So very unique. Don't like the sexualized ones, but the other statement pieces are fantastic. Creative pieces.

0points

FatimaPereiradaRosa 9 years ago

WOW! Fantastic work. I also had this problem with gluten. Now I can see my mind working in a speed I've never imagened before.

0points

HeatherLawless 9 years ago

I love this kind of stuff! So creative and shocking! A real conversation piece. Where can I buy 5??

0points

MayaAladdin 9 years ago

Left me trippin'

0points

JanizEbyas 9 years ago

These are amazing!

0points

AstridThillet 9 years ago

Brilliant.

0points

DanielMoisan 9 years ago

A bit self righteousness in the story. Nonetheless good pretty art. The idea and the messages are strong, the surealism collage i've seen many times.

0points

AnnaSchweizer 9 years ago

I don't know why, but this pictures rejoiced my heart! I always loved surrealism, but this is something very special! I'm happy for you and your great gift! Thank you!

0points

SalgoodSam 9 years ago

small quibble, that's not abstract art, if it's something like what you see when you dream what you mean is Surrealism. Abstract would be without figurative form, think Mark Rothko.

0points

EugeniaLoli (Post author) 9 years ago

Already explained in the comments 3-4 times already. :)

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JonášStrouhal 9 years ago

more surreal than abstract...

0points

EugeniaLoli (Post author) 9 years ago

It is modern surrealism. The abstract thing was part of the "brain programming", not part of what I was going to do.

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