Felix Rodriguez, a graphic designer, calligrapher and collagist from Valladolid, Spain, says “My artworks have a vintage style, and maybe that’s because I use original papers and magazines from the beginning of the 20th Century. As a calligrapher, I love to write my thoughts or just songs lyrics on some artworks. I love type, it’s part of my job. A simple piece of paper is for me a treasure. Old books, magazines, pictures, letters, post cards… all are treasures for my collages.”
An Artist Portfolio about Felix Rodriguez appeared in Issue Ten of Kolaj. Kolaj associate editor Ariane Fairlie had this to say about Rodriguez’s work:
Felix Rodriguez’s collage is intimately retro. The handwritten notes and paper artifacts are nostalgic and quite sentimental. What stands out is the bookmark format of some of his pieces. Each one has a female subject staring out from her tower of ephemera. They encapsulate different archetypes: one the American show-woman, the second a seductive beauty, another doe-eyed and slightly anxious, the last regal and subtly confrontational. In every one the format of their bookmark suits their nature, though not too obviously.
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Image:
Love and Madness
by Felix Rodriguez
12″x12″
paper, ink, wood letters, and paint on wood
2012
Courtesy of the artist