Mr Koppa
107 S. Dunlap Ave.
54665 Viroqua
USA (United States)
http://heavydutypress.com
Kunstart: Collage
Technik: Papiercollage
Stil: Surrealismus
Statement:
The visual arts, like language and music, are a means of communicating ideas, thoughts and emotions. I find it is best to use as many forms of communication as possible.
My collages are visual dramas expressing ideas randomly pulled from my subconscious. They are a regurgitation of the information both willfully and unknowingly absorbed by my mind. They are a reflection of decisions made and lessons learned. They are a combination of choices. They represent the objectivity of a positive attitude; making the most of what I have.
Generally, I work on several collages at once to create a unified series. Source material is selected based on aesthetics, concepts, symbolic potential, and what is handy. Sometimes I seek a specific image and sometimes the right image presents itself. I am in no hurry. There are times when it takes months for a collage to come together. Images cut or torn from books and magazines must be rearranged repeatedly until all elements of the composition rest in harmony. Once the final layout is at peace, I fix the pieces in place using ph neutral adhesives, linen tape, thread, tacks, nuts & bolts, etc. Finally, I mat and frame each collage myself.
The creation of a well-balanced and interesting composition is my primary concern. While I create collages as a means of communicating, it is difficult even for me to understand exactly what it is they are communicating. Initially, I have no intention to say anything. My collages are actually nothing more than evidence of creative activity. However, in much the same way as a viewer might, I look for meaning in each collage when it is finished. The introspective analysis is always pleasurable and surprising. It is therapy, and it comes naturally, from within me. Making collages is something that happens when you are me.
Vita / Lebenslauf:
Mr Koppa is a graphic artist. He was born in Milwaukee, WI, on January 28, 1969, the fifth of six children, to Lavern and Geraldine Koppa. He began working in his family's six-aisle, Eastside Milwaukee grocery store at age 12, and continued working there part-time throughout his schooling. After receiving a B.S. in Art from the University of Wisconsin in 1991, he managed the grocery store for several years. That meaningful employment and the diverse community it continues to serve has influenced his thinking and his approach to art more than anything else. Since then, he has adventurously explored the question of what it means to be an artist.
Currently employed as a graphic designer and copywriter for CROPP Cooperative in La Farge, Wisconsin, he continues his journey as an artist through collage, printing, bookmaking, musicing, landscaping, parenting, husbanding, and a websiting.
Koppa lives on a dead end street in a rural community in the driftless region of southwestern Wisconsin with his wife and two bananas daughters. He enjoys riding a red 80s Guzzi in seasonable weather, and their house is yellow. The family has a chicken-gizzard-eating cat named Caramel or Milkshake and another named Kickapoo. I'm not sure why I wrote this whole thing in the third person, but I did.
Aktivitäten / Ausstellungen:
Collage, artist's books, private press books, music, landscape, video, family
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