Collage: The Art of Surprise
Constructed by the bare hands of Mr Koppa using commercially printed paper predating the bicentenial of the United States of America, compact discs, and, yes, the world wide web. Paper from the age of print. Paper from the machine age. Lots of us didn't live in the machine age. Some of us did. Are you one of the machine people? Or are you one of the digital people? Anybody remember Digital Derby[1]? Not too digital.
Art is the relationship of things in a space, and collage is the art of surprise.
I am attracted to a variety of images for lots of different of reasons, both
consciously and subconsciously. Through free association, I stumble upon
strange relationships that may mean something or nothing, but always
satisfy my craving for amusement.
-Mr Koppa, November 8, 2007
Follow these links to "rooms" in the gallery
exhibiting thematically related collages.
The Land of Misfit Art 1998-current
Travels 1998
The Virile Reverie 1999-2001
Box this. 2002-2004
Agrelations 2002-current
thought bubbles 2003-2008
X-ACTOMUNDO 2007
12 x 12 2009
Underneath the Driftless Moon 2009
These are the epic tales,
like those album-side songs
from the hey-day of prog rock.
Complete with liner notes.
Living the Valley 2007