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(continued)
All individual collages consist of between 4-10 layers of carefully cut out and laminated newspaper page parts. The materials and methodology of creating the pieces pay homage to the anonymous layout artists responsible for the design of the ads. There are four principal series of works.
1. The first series uses 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 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: in it’s first installed version all pieces together measure 8’x10’
3. The third series uses 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”
4. The forth series uses Donald T. Sterling (Sterling Developers) ads in compositions that wrangle the relationship between housing and philanthropy, and between rest and action.