{"id":17892,"date":"2013-02-26T11:24:56","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T16:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=17892"},"modified":"2013-03-25T19:57:01","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T23:57:01","slug":"the-art-of-layering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=17892","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Layering"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was my first time at\u00a0The<\/em> Artist Project<\/em> and I was excited to see emerging artist as well as some established. Looking around I was impressed by some artists’ works who\u00a0used the\u00a0technique\u00a0of\u00a0 collage. There were many artists\u00a0being multi-disciplinary, applying more than one medium and that was what made\u00a0their works so unique. In other words several artists\u00a0caught my eyes with their exceptional use of layers in creating a narrative. From the ancient use of encaustic painting, mosaic, fibre paper and other\u00a0versions of collage, aluminum and various other materials, I found the following artists’\u00a0 approach\u00a0of mixed medium interesting.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Anahita Azrahimi<\/p>\n

Anahita Azrahimi’s –<\/em>\u00a0an Iranian influenced, Toronto based visual and installation artist – collages are vivid and captivating. Using only graphics from Vogue magazines, she layers and blends them with her paintings to re-contextualize the final creation. At the end the\u00a0pieces\u00a0show an artistic negotiation\u00a0between space, shape, texture and colour.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Laura Culic<\/p>\n

Laura Culic<\/em>\u2019s use of encaustic, mixed medium, and collage depicts layers\u00a0of\u00a0her creative journey. In her process she is\u00a0reaching back into the past, so much like a process of \u00a0excavation. Laura goes through many layers of her discovery such as elements of nature and the complicated procedure of encaustic painting.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Jangmee Park<\/p>\n

Jangmee Park<\/em>, originally from Seoul, works in Toronto with mixed medium involving\u00a0acrylic and encaustic painting.\u00a0\u00a0She approaches the old binary concept of good and bad\u00a0by\u00a0using two distinct layers. They represent, for her, different situations, some good while others are bad but both in need of harmony and balance. She says, \u201clife isn\u2019t what you expect. One can think either \u2018I have to do this\u2019 or \u2018I don\u2019t have to do that\u2019 – we both have situations like that, but at the end we can\u2019t avoid what we have\u00a0to do.\u201d In the end, things are as they are and you have to find\u00a0out what it \u00a0means to you and this is procedure that\u00a0Park tries\u00a0picture.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Mary Karavos<\/p>\n

Mary Karavos – <\/em>originally a Toronto artist – after a year of studying in Florence, Italy, was inspired by the elements of\u00a0 mosaic. With a painter\u2019s hand, through the medium of paper fibre, she explores the endless possibilities of what a mosaic-like\u00a0image can reach. She starts with a\u00a0motive and continues to build, layer upon layer, until an image emerges.\u00a0Mary feels that this medium has allowed her to truly grow as an artist.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Victoria Cowan<\/p>\n

Victoria Cowan<\/em>,\u00a0a Studio Q artist, is originally a printmaker.\u00a0She cuts up\u00a0old prints and reuses\u00a0them to create\u00a0new pieces. Using aluminum as a background, she layers Japanese paper, magazine cutouts and prints in a bold way. She starts with a random text and builds the story of her works from there. For her, the final\u00a0story is made by involving\u00a0the viewer, as she said,\u00a0\u201cthe art is made between the two of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the use of the objets trouv\u00e9s, raw material in order to express the artist’s idea goes back in time, it\u00a0was\u00a0only in\u00a0the 20th century that collage has become appreciated in its own right. The above artists – whether their works\u00a0come from an organic beginning without a final product in mind or\u00a0inspired by an idea\u00a0\u2013\u00a0 use their chosen\u00a0medium\u00a0well.<\/p>\n

Text and photo: Salomeh Ahmadi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Salomeh Ahmadi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Looking around I was impressed by some artists’ works who used the technique of collage. In other words several artists caught my eyes with their exceptional use of layers in creating a narrative.<\/p>\n

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