A material doesn't have to be strange to be amazing in different people's hands. I've come across some art that is reminding me of that fact. I'm going to avoid collage because I could be sitting at the computer all day but there are a few artists I'd like to point you to that use paper that I can't wait to share.
First, there is
Andrea Dezco whose work I've been admiring for years. I just checked her website and was blown away to see that she was doing large scale tunnel book installations, oh how I'd love to see this in person:
On the less ambitious side, I recently saw some beautiful portraits in a cafe near my house by artist
Joey Bates. He combines drawings with layers of matte board, so that there are these really interesting cut-away parts with other things going on in them. It's hard to tell what's going on here without seeing it in person but there is a 3D part in the shirt portion:
Another cool layered piece was shown in a book arts show at the Lee Gallery here in Seattle about a year ago. It's by artist Leo Morrissey:
Finally, my friend Angela sent me to Anna Parkina's work this week, it's apparently showing at SFMOMA. It's wood, it's layered, it's cool cut out. I think it fits with this other work. OH, and.. ok, I can't help throwing in a collage by her. Look her up, she's amazing.
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