{"id":6784,"date":"2019-10-19T17:07:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-19T21:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/?p=6784"},"modified":"2019-12-24T11:12:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T16:12:54","slug":"lisa-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/lisa-austin","title":{"rendered":"Lisa Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It’s Raining Fishes<\/em>
9″x9″; vintage paper; 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lisa Austin
Louisville, Kentucky, USA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

STATEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love the idea of encapsulating a moment in time with objects, words, and images: whether it is an emotion, a social commentary, a piece of history, a person, or a place. To capture that moment and to keep returning to it because it evokes a feeling is my purpose in making mixed media. I want the viewer to think about the piece, have feelings about the piece, and to make art part of the collective experience. It is leaving a piece of time and our world behind in its physical form as well as in memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BIO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After twenty years as an award-winning studio potter, I began making mixed media pieces in 2006 settling, most recently, on collage. I am self-taught and was, in another life, a college English professor. I am in international permanent collections and have won awards for my collage work. I am a signature member of the National Collage Society and live in Louisville, Kentucky. My work is what I call narrative collage; it tells a story albeit often a twisted one. It is up to the viewer to determine what story it tells. Frequently, it is not one I saw but that is what makes it so interesting to me; to have the viewer write his own narrative. My work is also a little surreal but with a bit of my twisted sense of humour. I sometimes make political work but only when it is something I am passionate about. Mostly, my work is a social commentary of a gentle nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ARTIST CONTACT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[click to email<\/a>]
www.laustinmixedmedia.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IMAGES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Polly Does Not Want a Cracker<\/em>
10″x8″; vintage paper; 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ballroom Nixon<\/em>
7″x5″; vintage paper; 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The End of the World As We Know It<\/em>
10″x8″; vintage photo, joss paper, vintage photos; 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Real Reason for Extinction<\/em>
10″x8″; vintage paper; 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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