Altered Art - Early Influences

Christopher Coppers `Vogue Magazine`

The decision to alter magazines, was a direct progression from an altered book project in a previous negotiated degree module, where I used books, normally regarded as non-art objects, and transformed them by applying a combination of standard and non-standard artistic techniques to produce a result which served both a functional purpose and created a self-expressive visual aesthetic.

Nate Page

Artists who influenced me in the early days of this project were Christopher Coppers and Nate Page.

Christopher Coppers - Fig.1 `Vogue Magazine`
A Belgian artist based in Brussels whose work consists of interventions within or on magazines through deconstruction and construction using many different magazines.  He combines his love for printed matter with the urge for creative distortion and destruction, re-interpreting the original cover by intricately carving into them and transforming them into sculptures.

Nate Page - Fig.2 `Carved Faces`
A Wisconsin born artist living in New York who investigates the confrontations between materiality and images, occupied space and presence, potentiality and reality.  Using methods of drawing and assemblage, he alters found objects, and transforms the image to become more physical, and the object to become more image like.  Personal memories and consumer culture informs the content of his work.