Gordon's work is unique and provocative--biceps, breasts, and permutations of shapes all play into his work. His work is precise and organized, and he considers it something different from collage. Instead of combining different images or pieces, he alters one image with cut out shapes. It's great work, and I've included the less sexy bits here.

Gordon Magnin
www.gordonmagnin.com
(Born, Reno, NV, currently live and work in) Los Angeles, CA

Q: Describe your work in 10 words or less.
A: Precise, intricate, geometric, destruction.

Q: What do you like to work with (magazines, photographs, vintage)? Be specific!
A: Magazines: fashion, bodybuilding, porn, catalogues, I like to work with portraits/faces and pictures of the body.

Q: How long have you been creating collages and what made you start?
A: I don't really categorize my work as collage. Most of the work I would describe as altered found image, the work isn't created through an additive process as is the case with traditional collage, but through the transformation of a single image.

What first got me thinking about collage was a studio assignment in
grad school; we started a design project through collage eventually leading to the design of a bridge. I really took to the process and technique. I didn't think much of it at the time, but a couple years later I picked up some magazines and started experimenting again.

Q: Are you solely an artist, or do you work in another profession?
A: I'm currently working for an architect.

Q: Do you have any formal art training?
A: I have a BS in structural engineering and a master's degree from the southern California institute of architecture (SCI_arc). Last fall, I attended the mountain school of arts (MSA^) which is an art school but has no studio component, it consists of lectures and discussion. I would say that I am primarily self taught.