Cut Me Up
 Cut Me UpEdited by Andrea BurgayCut Me Up is a participatory magazine of visual call and response founded by Andrea Burgay. Each issue presents a call—a curated selection of original collage images that will become raw material for reader-artists to respond by cutting, reconfiguring, and transforming them into new artworks. The newly created responses will form the content of the next issue. The most recent issue, Cut Me Up Issue 9: Scars and All, curated by Laurent Seljan, is a selection of 18 self-portraits that use assembling methods—tape, thread, glue, staples and pins—as expressive elements to describe each artist’s personal psychology. Collage is the French word for “gluing.” Although glue is a means of attachment in most forms of collage, it is often hidden, creating a surreal quality. Collage can also be a metaphor for how we piece together the fragments of our lives. In our attempts to create a seamless, cohesive self, we may repress difficult emotions or conceal our flaws to create a smooth, presentable surface. But what is the real self beneath? The artists in Cut Me Up Issue 9: Scars and All excavate the underlying structures of their own minds, and of their collage works. They expose the inner workings and how things are held together. In the process, they reveal their personal strengths and vulnerabilities—who they really are.  10.6″x8″; handmade collage; 2018 Courtesy of the artist and Cut Me Up ABOUT THE PUBLICATION Purchase current and back issues directly from Cut Me Up‘s website, HERE. |