{"id":3895,"date":"2015-07-05T01:39:39","date_gmt":"2015-07-05T05:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=3895"},"modified":"2015-07-09T17:14:12","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T21:14:12","slug":"stumbling-around-the-art-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/collage-artists\/stumbling-around-the-art-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Stumbling Around the Art World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kevin Sampsell profiled Portland, Oregon-based collage artist Kurtiss Lofstrom in Issue 12 of Kolaj Magazine<\/em>: “Stumbling Around the Art World: Scavenger-Style Collage”<\/p>\n

Sampsell writes:<\/p>\n

Kurtiss Lofstrom has an affinity for the rough and the discarded. Look at his work, spread throughout his house in Northeast Portland, Oregon\u2014and his backyard garage studio\u2014and you\u2019ll see the beautiful chaos of his collage creations and wonder about the origin of his materials, some of which he found in dumpsters and has stored for decades. \u201cFor a long time I had a strict rule about only using found material. I couldn\u2019t buy it. It had to be found. But I don\u2019t stick to that anymore because I don\u2019t find stuff as much as I did before. I used to be an avid dumpster diver. I can actually pass one by without looking in it now.\u201d
\n…
\nWhen I ask him about his best find ever, he says, \u201cI once found and made a piece from an entire pigeon skeleton when I was doing loft renovation. It had probably been there for ten years, so I cleaned it up and used it in an assemblage.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To read Kevin Sampsell’s entire profile of Kurtiss Lofstrom, purchase Issue Twelve<\/a> or SUBSCRIBE<\/a> to never miss an issue.<\/p>\n

To learn more about Kurtiss Lofstrom and his work, visit his Kolaj Magazine Artist Directory Page HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Image:<\/strong>
\nSpring in Central Park<\/em>
\nby Kurtiss Lofstrom
\n24″x36″
\nfound papers and housepaint on canvas
\n2011
\nCourtesy of the artist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kevin Sampsell profiled Portland, Oregon-based collage artist Kurtiss Lofstrom in Issue 12 of Kolaj Magazine: “Stumbling Around the Art World: Scavenger-Style Collage” Sampsell writes: Kurtiss Lofstrom has an affinity for the rough and the discarded. Look at his work, spread…<\/p>\n

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