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Skulpturen aus 1 Dollar Noten von Scott Campbell

Scott Campbell, seines Zeichens Tätowierer, Künstler und Schnitzer von Weltklasseformat, stellt derzeit in Europa einige seiner Stücke aus. Darunter unter anderem eine Kollektion bei der er aus dicken Stapeln von 1 Dollar Noten Skulpturen in Form von Bad-Ass-Skulls, Gang-Like Typefaces und gespiderschweinte George Washingtons herausholt. Da man sich das ganze nur schwer vorstellen kann, gilt wie immer das Bilder mehr als tausend Worte erklären können. Man achte vor allem auf den Detailgrad!

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©  Scott Campbell / LaMJC / Supertouch art

Lazarides Gallery is pleased to present “Always Almost There” a solo exhibition
of all new works by Scott Campbell. It is his first major exhibition in Europe and
his debut show in London. Scott is an American artist, born and raised in rural
Louisiana, whose work is deeply routed in the history of tattoo iconography.
Tattoos are an emblem of contemporary culture. It is a mode of expression that has
evolved its own criteria and esthetic. Like the collage of Dada, the ironic quotation
of Kitsch and the murals of today’s graffiti artists, tattoo has reoriented itself to be
more than the sum of its parts. It has developed its own language of symbols that
now speak to the modern experience.
Scott’s work as a tattooist brings an unmistakable quality to his art. In his series of
dollar bill sculptures, the designs are painstakingly drawn in individual layers that
are then laser-cut into 100 one-dollar bills and glued into a stack. The complex
images at once echo the flourishing design of the currency while creating an air of
subversion by using money as the medium. The result is a complex threedimensional
image that is a literal manifestation of American-ness.
His collages build on this vocabulary of old-reliable iconography, much of which
is rooted in the history of tattooing, and reflect less on tattoos for their own sake,
but rather the mortal desire to memorialize and the strange narratives that arise
from their combination. In his words, these are “the stories of blue collar pirates
around nicotine stained unicorns and the price is right fuck the world of it all.”
Scott’s work has been shown at Deitch Projects in New York City, O.H.W.O.W. In
Miami, Illeana Contemporary Art Center in Athens, Greece, and The
Contemporay Museum in Rome, among others.

flickr Galerie: Scott Campbell – Always Almost There

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