Collage/Assemblage Centennial - 1912-2012: Marty Gordon

Monday, January 23, 2012

[016 - 030] Marty Gordon - USA

016 OM.2011.148 - Marty Gordon - Title: Charles Mattson: triptych, three 4"X6"

collages on mat board mounted on wood panel, 2010.

017 - OM.2011.136 - Marty Gordon - Title: Charles Mattson: triptych, three 4"X6"

collages on mat board mounted on wood panel, 2010.

018 - OM.2011.135 - Marty Gordon - Title: Charles Mattson: triptych, three 4"X6"

collages on mat board mounted on wood panel, 2010.

019 - OM.2011.134 - Marty Gordon - Amateur Hour: 5"X5" collage on mat board mounted on wood panel, 2010.

020 - OM.2011.137 - Marty Gordon - Elephant Gun: 4"X6" - collage on postcard, 2009.

021 - OM.2011.138 - Marty Gordon - Input: 5"X5" collage on canvas, 2008.

022 - OM.2011.139 - Marty Gordon - Memory: 5"X5" collage on canvas, 2008.

023 OM.2011.145 - Marty Gordon - Processing: 5"X5" collage on canvas, 2008.

024 - OM.2011.140 - Marty Gordon - Outsourced: 4"X6" collage on mat board mounted on wood panel, 2010.

025 - OM.2011.141 - Marty Gordon - Primeval Postcard 1 - 4"X6" collage on postcard, 2010

026 - OM.2011.142 - Marty Gordon - Primeval Postcard 2 - 4"X6" collage on postcard, 2010

027 - OM.2011.143 - Marty Gordon - Primeval Postcard 3 - 4"X6" collage on postcard, 2010

28 - OM.2011.144 - Marty Gordon - Primeval Postcards 4: 4"X6" collage on postcard, 2010.

029 - OM.2011.146 - Marty Gordon - The Random Act of an Indifferent Universe: 6"X6" collage on wood panel, 2009

030 - OM.2011.147 - Marty Gordon - Whale of a Tale: 4"X6" collage on mat board mounted on wood panel, 2010.

15 works by Marty Gordon

http://martworks.blogspot.com/

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ARTIST STATEMENT

I fell into collage by accident. Back in 2004, I began dating my wife, Sarah. While at her apartment one day, she sat down at her kitchen table and started making collages. I asked if I could join her and I've been doing it ever since. I hadn't done much collage before then. My concentration for my BFA was printmaking and I excelled at collagraphy (collage printing) so I suppose you could say that was my introduction to collage. To this day, I build my collages with the same strength and durability that I once applied to my collagraph plates. Imagery is another matter. Through the prompting of a friend, my work became cathartic. My collages tell stories that relate to my trying to make sense of life. I have always been an artist but never has it been such an integral part of me. Collage has made that possible and I am thankful.

[015] Marty Gordon - USA

OM.2010.014 'Billy Sees America #7' - Marty Gordon (USA)
vintage postcard with collage elements
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Billy Sees America Numbers 1-7

The following seven collages generously donated by Marty Gordon are vintage post cards with two collage elements each: a cartoon like balloon with text and a child (Billy) on a bicycle. The brilliance of these works is in the very minimal alteration of the image on the postcard with a recurring image of the boy - presumably all cut from a single children's book as each image of billy is different yet he has the same clothes on. With minimal text a context is given to each scene and taken as a group form a story of billy riding around the USA on his bicycle. Very entertaining!