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Stephen Eichhorn’s Vibrant, Large-Scale Plant Collages

Stephen Eichhorn spends hours sifting through vintage magazines and cutting out photos of plants. Especially enthralled with cacti and succulents at the moment, Eichhorn frankensteins the flora into colorful arrangements that would rival even the most manicured gardens. The saturated colors of his source imagery make for vibrant, unusual bouquets. Eichhorn pays as much attention to the background as the imagery itself, frequently mounting his collages on metal or ombre paper. While flowers are his focus, Eichhorn initially gained online popularity when he began posting the cat collages he created in his downtime on Tumblr. Check out some of his recent work below.

These tiny cut-outs eventually make up one of Eichhorn’s collages.

Installation of Eichhorn’s previous exhibition at Johalla Projects.

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Collage, Stephen Eichhorn

Collage, Dex Fernandez, pop art

October 29, 2015

First covered on our blog, Dex Fernandez injects a dizzying and chaotic energy into his eclectic collage portraits. He will debut them in New York tomorrow at Owen James Gallery in a colorful installation that also includes animation. Many of the pieces in the show were created over the past few months, during an artist residency in the United States by the Asian Arts Council. To enhance the digital photographs that Fernandez has used as his canvas, he incorporates details such as neon-colored embroidery and paints. These create a frenzied, but seamless pattern strung throughout each piece, which continues onto the gallery wall with cut-paper shapes.

Jesse Draxler’s Harrowing Mixed-Media Portraits

Collage, Jesse Draxler, painting

November 15, 2018

The practice of Jesse Draxler, who recently illustrated the cover of the new Daughters album, combines painting and photographic collage. Working primarily in grayscale, both the artist’s illustrative and fine art work are packed with harrowing portraits. The artist has also crafted work for the bands Vowws and Deafheaven.

Hope Kroll’s Sinister Three-Dimensional Collages

Collage, Hope Kroll, surrealism

August 15, 2015

Hope Kroll layers flora and fauna, screws and wheels, to create three-dimensional collages that both haunt and delight. Kroll sources her images from a range of materials including antique books and the internet. Each individual element is meticulously cut, causing the eye to jump from edge to edge. This interaction makes the overall arrangement come alive and buzz with energy. Though Kroll packs her images full, she does so with a careful balance.

On View: Mike Parillo and Ashkan Honarvar at CES Contemporary

Ashkan Honarvar, CES Contemporary, Collage, Mike Parillo, painting

May 26, 2014

Though Mike Parillo's work appears to be a cacophony of colors at a first glance, the artist's abstract oeuvre is executed with the tightness of illustration. His latest series of camouflage-like paintings for his solo show, "Just the Tip" at LA's CES Contemporary, is a wild display of peacock tail hues. The colors take on cloud-like shapes or furry textures, rendered with precise line work that evokes early cartoons. The self-taught Parillo got his start as a commercial illustrator for snowboarding companies in the early '90s and his paintings certainly reverberate with the energy of extreme sports culture and imagery.

Stephen Eichhorn’s Vibrant, Large-Scale Plant Collages

Dex Fernandez Debuts His Eclectic Collages in New York

Jesse Draxler’s Harrowing Mixed-Media Portraits

Hope Kroll’s Sinister Three-Dimensional Collages

On View: Mike Parillo and Ashkan Honarvar at CES Contemporary

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