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(continued)
All individual collages consist of between 4-10 layers of carefully cut out and laminated page parts or whole pages. The materials and methodology of creating the pieces pay homage to the anonymous layout artists responsible for the design of the ads. There are three principal series of works.
1. The first series uses primarily full and partial page mattress ads in architectural compositions. In some cases the notion of rest is accentuated or riffed upon, in others, a sense of whimsy.
Scale: from 6”x8” to 23”x26”
2. The second series uses primarily automobile ads in configurations shaped after sections of the MIR space station. Subtitled “Lemonade From Lemons: The MIR Space Station Refigures Itself as an Undersea Colony”, these “re-entry’ pieces are meant to be seen both individually and together in an expression of a hypothetical community made from debris.
Scale: Largest MIR individual piece represented is 5’x8’; in it’s first installed version all pieces together measure 8’x10’; future installed versions will be themselves reconfigured, a different ‘Colony” for each viewing.
3. The third series uses primarily Tiffany jeweler advertisements. This series is largely in tones of off-white, in comparison to the more colorful mattress and car ad pieces, and capitalizes on the shadows in the ads while maintaining a sense of grace in the compositions.
Scale: from 9”x3” to 18”x15”