{"id":3547,"date":"2015-02-04T21:19:17","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T02:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=3547"},"modified":"2015-02-04T21:19:47","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T02:19:47","slug":"in-memoriam-martin-copertari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/articles\/in-memoriam-martin-copertari\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam: Martin Copertari (1968-2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We learned in December 2014 from Cory Peeke and Kevin Sampsell that collage artist Martin Copertari died. A Briton living in Barcelona, Copertari made collages using images from the Victorian era. He often used a gravure printing technique, which he did by hand. His Tumblr<\/a>\u00a0is prefaced, “They are all hand made with original etchings from 19th century publications, lithographic prints from the early 20th century and retouched with gouache.” Copertari had a background in film and literature, including serving as Doris Lessing’s assistant for over 12 years. In Kolaj<\/em> Issue 2, Cory Peeke interviewed Copertari for the article “What Is It About the Patina of Age?”<\/a> Copertari said, “[In 2007] I started working with vintage images and from the very beginning I thought it was a good way to unify my artwork limiting myself to the use of them, which at the same time makes my work quite difficult to complete for I do not easily find the images I need to finish an idea I have in mind…so unlike the idea some people have of collage, these can be time consuming”. Kolaj Magazine<\/em> offers its deepest sympathy to Copertari’s family and the collage community at large for this loss.<\/p>\n

This News and Notes item originally appeared in Issue Eleven. To see other News and Notes from the world of collage,\u00a0SUBSCRIBE<\/a>\u00a0to Kolaj or\u00a0PURCHASE ISSUE ELEVEN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Image:<\/strong>
\nEternapoli I<\/em>
\nby Martin Copertari
\n4″x3″
\noriginal etchings from 19th century publications,
\ngouache, neutral pH adhesive, Japanese tissue
\n2011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We learned in December 2014 from Cory Peeke and Kevin Sampsell that collage artist Martin Copertari died. A Briton living in Barcelona, Copertari made collages using images from the Victorian era. He often used a gravure printing technique, which he…<\/p>\n

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