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Brain Damage Collage
United Kingdom
Collage, Paper on Paper
Size: 8.3 W x 11.7 H x 0 D in
About The Artwork
“The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory, is that conspiracy theorists believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is actually chaotic. The truth is that it is not The Iluminati, or The Jewish Banking Conspiracy, or the Gray Alien Theory. The truth is far more frightening – Nobody is in control. The world is rudderless.” Alan Moore Created during 2021, Brain Damage is a portrait A4 piece made from small strips taken from images of video games. Visually, I wanted the triangles pointing upwards as a way mocking the idea that these people are thinking on a higher level than us mere plebs who cannot see the truth. Where in previous work each of the small strips or torn pieces are representative of a moment or an experience, here I wanted them to represent synapses – the connections between neurons within the brain. Whilst I have tried to make them all a standard size and perfectly straight, the natural process of making things freehand without formal measurement of each piece or say machine production to ensure uniformity means that the pieces are each slightly different. In addition, without individual vertical guidelines against which to snap each piece, the placement can move very slightly leading to effects like the warping on the left side of the piece or the misaligned connections between each layer at points. This works to create the effect of “damage” or things not being quite right – thereby again highlighting the theme of the work. Full artist notes can be found on my blog: https://andywinter26.wordpress.com/2021/06/21/brain-damage/
Details & Dimensions
Collage:Paper on Paper
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:8.3 W x 11.7 H x 0 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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United Kingdom
Born in 1979 in Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham. Lives and works in Nottingham. I am a collage artist who uses abstraction, geometric patterns, and analogue attempts at recreating the effects of digital glitching to explore issues of identity, memory, masculinity, cultural expectations, mental health, the distorting effect of media, and social class. My work is created using pages and covers from magazines which are then folded and torn (or occasionally cut) then pasted together to reappropriate and juxtapose images in fractured and fragmented form. Whilst there are occasional larger pieces, most work is on common A4 paper sheets (many of which have been previously used for other purposes) that are easy to acquire, easy to digitally scan, and easy to frame. That immediacy is important as it is a demonstration of how art and artistic thought should be accessible to all given that the issues covered in the work affect everyone. Built layer upon layer, the pictures are densely detailed. Care is taken to consider both the images used and how the placement on the page both reveals and hides different elements – symbolising how, in both our identities and in wider societal structures, only certain things are made overt whilst other things are intentionally or inadvertently concealed.
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