CUT AND PASTE
collages by David Staples
Opening: Sunday January 07 - 6 pm-10pm
January 7th til March 2nd, 2007
These works are a retaliation against the corporate marketing and advertising
war being waged for our minds and dollars. Ads plunder art, music,
and film and manipulate the familiar and the seductive to profit from
our desires. They dissect the human body and psyche to prey on our
fears. To make matters worse, many admired celebrities who call themselves "artists" happily
endorse products and ideas that hurt people, animals, and our environment
instead of expressing independent opinions. I've attempted to turn
computer age ads into art by cutting, arranging, and painting the images
in a way that exposes the emptiness of their promises and also uses
them to rebuild the shrinking part of pop culture based on intelligence,
humor, and natural beauty.
David Staples
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"Ad Nauseum"
Paper cut and acrylic on canvas, 24"x48"
Price: $ 500.00
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"Golen State"
Paper cut, cotton and acrylic on canvas, 22"x28"
Price: $ 400.00
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"Ad Hoc"
Paper cut and acrylic on canvas, 30"x40"
Price: $ 500.00
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"Venus as a boy"
Paper cut, acrylic, glitter and feathers on
canvas, 24"x36"
Price: $ 500.00
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"Madonna of the Wasps"
Paper cut, bubble wrap and acrylic on canvas
- 30"x40"
Price: $ 500.00
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"Very beautiful lips"
Paper cut and acrylic on canvas, 36"x36"
SOLD
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"Never judge a girl by her T-shirt"
Paper cut and acrylic on canvas, 30"x48"
Price: $ 500.00
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