{"id":13121,"date":"2025-08-14T09:53:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/?p=13121"},"modified":"2025-08-14T09:58:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:58:17","slug":"joe-mckenna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/joe-mckenna","title":{"rendered":"Joe McKenna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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When the Bough Breaks<\/em>
5.375″x8.5″; paper and Bic pen on cardboard; 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Joe McKenna
Iowa City, Iowa, USA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

I begin each of my collages randomly, usually placing a cutout from a magazine at a corner or edge of the backing. I work my way around the backing, choosing subsequent cutouts that complement those laid down before. Edges of these cutouts sometimes serve as edges that radiate to opposing sides of the backing, giving the piece its structure. I choose titles for the pieces as they near the completion point, and the titles often allude to lines from literature or song lyrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Born Newark, New Jersey, 1958. BA in Art from SUNY College at Buffalo, 1981. Participated in several Artomatics in\/around Washington, DC. Art Residency, Corning (Iowa) Center for the Fine Arts, 2009. Currently lives in Iowa City, Iowa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

EMAIL<\/a> | WEBSITE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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Iffa Yor<\/em>
6″x11″; paper and Bic pen on cardboard; 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hello, Bombshell<\/em>
6.5″x6″; paper and Bic pen on cardboard; 2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Red Rubber Ball<\/em>
10″x8″; paper and Bic pen on cardboard; 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It Used to Be Her Town<\/em>
5.5″x7″; paper and Bic pen on cardboard; 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iowa City, Iowa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13122,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[8],"tags":[209],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-mckenna-when-the-bough-breaks.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BNTD-3pD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13121"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13121"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14262,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13121\/revisions\/14262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}