{"id":4263,"date":"2015-11-05T20:13:47","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T01:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=4263"},"modified":"2015-11-05T20:15:36","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T01:15:36","slug":"in-the-studio-george-boya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/in-the-studio\/in-the-studio-george-boya\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Studio: George Boya"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In George Boya’s The Monstrous Abduction<\/em>, a luscious floral pattern forms a frame. The scene is from the classic 1954 horror movie, Creature from the Black Lagoon<\/em>. The Gill-man monster menaces actress Julia Adams. The luscious floral patterns rise up from the frame to form the shadows of the of the monster and heroine. The Monstrous Abduction<\/em> revives a cultural moment and recasts the black-and-white movie with patterns of colour.<\/p>\n

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Boya is a Greece-based collage artist and freelancer illustrator. He studied interior design, art conservation & restoration, and for the past 10 years he participated in solo and group exhibitions in Greece and abroad. His artworks blur the lines between collage, painting, stained glass techniques and photography.<\/p>\n

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“I consider myself very lucky as an artist because my studio is located at the Old City section of Thessaloniki, a beautiful and inspiring part of the city.”<\/h2>\n

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“Like most of the other collage artists, I create between enormous piles of photos in uncut, cut or half cut condition while the floor is covered with leftover strips of paper. I use a surgical scalpel as cutting tool because of its sharpness, black markers to cover the white edges of the cut-outs and stick glue for a clean paste. I prefer a strong 220gsm velvet paper for my printed material and a lightweight black cardboard which serves as my canvas. It usually takes me 20-30 hours to finish a medium-sized artwork plus the time researching photos.”<\/h2>\n

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“The method of working is quite straightforward, think-cut-think-compose-think-glue. The think part for me is the most important and this is where the true value of collage lies. Collage has the ability to train our thinking skills in a way that no other form of art can and will. To be a great collage artist means that you are a great thinker first of all.”<\/h2>\n

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“And you must be, because 80% of the artistic process takes place in your mind. You must be a thinker who is sensitive enough to judge what is important and what is not; then a seeker of what is unique, rare and different; and, next, a composer who forms a sense of unity to all these diverse elements; and, finally, an artist who gives birth to this mental process.”<\/h2>\n

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You can see more of Boya’s work in the Kolaj Magazine Artist Directory<\/a> and on his website: www.georgeboya.com<\/a><\/p>\n

George Boya was included in Collage Artist Trading Cards Pack 4<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the Studio is an online-only feature of Kolaj Magazine\u00a0where we peek inside the studios of collage artists. If you are interested in being featured, visit the In the Studio Call to Artists<\/a> page.<\/em><\/h5>\n

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In George Boya’s The Monstrous Abduction, a luscious floral pattern forms a frame. The scene is from the classic 1954 horror movie, Creature from the Black Lagoon. The Gill-man monster menaces actress Julia Adams. The luscious floral patterns rise up…<\/p>\n

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