Hazard Collage, 32 Elements 1971

Editor: Here we have Jack Smith's "Hazard Collage, 32 Elements." It’s a mixed media work, and it feels like a map of an alien landscape. What do you make of this unconventional composition? Curator: It's like looking at a dreamscape, isn't it? Jack Smith was all about challenging norms, and you see it here. The 'hazard' isn't necessarily danger, but more like the unexpected. Smith seems to me to be asking where do these little journeys, signified by the collage, take us? Editor: Journeys, yes! I hadn't thought of that. It’s more playful than I initially thought. Curator: Absolutely! And maybe a little unsettling, too. Art’s a trip, isn’t it? Editor: It is! Always more than meets the eye.