Video: Dollar Collages by Mark Wagner: Dedicated to Human Greed
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Small children cut appliqués from colored paper, and Mark Wagner uses banknotes for creativity. And he does it just masterfully. He shreds them into small pieces, creating unusual compositions.
The artist mainly uses one-dollar bills in his work, considering them the most common paper in America. George Washington, whose portrait deservedly graces one dollar, features prominently in many collages. Either he chops a cherry tree, or strolls through the garden, or reads the newspaper, or snacks on a dollar bill.
Other collages depict fantastic scenes such as an island of biomorphic vegetation atop a wave of dollar bills. According to Mark Wagner, his work is designed not only to decorate the interior, but also to emphasize the dependence of people on money.
By the way, we have already introduced our readers to the work of Mark Wagner, so the history of dollar collages is far from new. But this does not make the artist's work any less unique.
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