MARK WAGNER Hello from Tokyo (Detail) 2015 currency collage on panel 18 x 24 inches Courtesy of Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY
Cut Up/Cut Out is an exhibition of national and international artists who explore captivating methods of decorative piercing and cutting, using a wide range of media from paper and plastic to metal and rubber. The transformative nature of cutting into and through a surface provides endless possibilities for converting the material from opaque to transparent, from flat to sculptural, from rigid to delicate, and from ordinary to exquisite. The process and precision required for this method of art-making is laborious, technically demanding, and always astonishing. This exhibition honors both innovation and tradition with a selection of over 100 artworks by 56 artists representing diverse styles and techniques.
Cut Up/Cut Out was organized by Carrie Lederer, Curator of Exhibitions, Bedford Gallery, Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA.EXHIBITION SPONSORS
Rachelle and Jake Tuls • Amarillo National Bank
Dr. Kent Roberts and Ilene Roberts Balliet Foundation
SEASON SPONSORS
Anonymous
Dr. and Mrs. Michael Engler
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Smith
David D. and Nona S. Payne Foundation
WORKSHOP
Join artist Mark Wagner for a one-day workshop designed to kick-start your collage endeavors with a practical overview of this art form. Emerge with new insights, knowledge, and a half-dozen finished collages of your own. Printed source-materials will be provided. Participants are also encouraged to bring paper items whose construction inspires deconstruction.
Fee: $50 for AMoA members; $75 for non-members
The workshop fee includes materials and lunch.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mark Wagner is best known for his meticulous collages made of deconstructed U.S. dollars. Mark, whose work is included in Cut Up/Cut Out and The Panhandle Collects Anonymously, slices thousands of bills to create artwork that pointedly and playfully explores the intersection of wealth, power, value, and American identity. He re-imagines this revered icon of American commerce, manipulating the material with virtuosity to depict portraits, plant life, fantastical beasts, and allegorical scenes, recasting George Washington in new roles. To learn more about the artist, please visit his website at markwagnerinc.com.
Call the AMoA at 371-5050 to register. Space is limited, so call to reserve your spot today!
DONNA RUFF 6.4.15 2015 cut newspaper . 24.25 x 17.75 . inches
FRANCESCA PASTINE ARTFORUM 50 Hindsight, Mask Series 2014 cut Artforum magazine, Plexiglass 15 x 16.25 x 6 inches Courtesy of Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Fransciso, CA
WIM DELVOYE Untitled (Car Tyre) 2011 hand-carved car tyre 26.75 x 5.25 inches
KAREN MARGOLIS Salt Lake City 2009 6 layers of maps, watercolor 24 x 15 inches
CARMEN LOMAS GARZA Haciendo Papel Picado/Making Paper Cutouts 1998 black paper cutout 22 x 30 inches
