"Picasso Enters His 'Kind Of Blue' Period", 2001

The first jazz album I really liked was Miles Davis' "Kind Of Blue". It wasn't long before this rolled around in my head and met up with Picasso's "Blue Period". The tambourine, brass, and woodwinds come from various photographs, while Picasso's head and wallpaper come from his self-portrait. I photographed my own easel holding a square canvas, on which I then superimposed a picture of Davis' album cover to get the perspective right. Since this work is a parody, it falls under the fair use provision of the copyright law. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.