Visage Cheat Set by Fred Free

The set was an attempt to mirror my 1980s architectural process - from quick conceptual sketches usually done on napkins in a bar, to imagining and developing rooms and spaces, to creating renderings for the client - as seen through my current collage maker lens. I started with blind gestural drawings, then reacted to those marks by using images and text pre-cut from six random sources, gluing each bit down one at a time. Colored pencil splashes were added at the end (so the client would be thrilled).

Fred Free is based in Boston. He was born in Levittown, New Jersey in 1962, made his first books and played the drums in the 70s, went to RISD and designed buildings in the 80s, illustrated books for TV shows in the 90s, and has created a lot of collages this century. He has made art for a monk, software publisher and movie actor, has exhibited in galleries, alleys, libraries, cafes, a clothing store and a suburban mall. He has had his tradigital collage work showcased in the Cut and Paste issue of IdN Magazine, was included in the book on international contemporary collage artists, Cutting Edges, was chosen for the feature article and covers of the inaugural issue of Kolaj Magazine and has been interviewed in numerous publications, both in print and online.His work is about purposeful randomness, overlooked fragments, figments of imagination, invented memories, unidentification, disconnects, reconnects, edges, empty spaces, the eye of the beholder, hands, words, codes, lists, loss, love, humor, glue and paper.

Instagram: @fred_free

Website: http://www.fredfree.com/

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