Oscar's collages are aesthetically pleasing and pretty, which for some reason is what he doesn't like about his work! His minimal use of grunge and strong colour make his art what it is. I can understand his complaint though, that nobody should create art without meaning. I hope that art school will show him how the "art-as-idea" theme can be put into use.

Oscar
http://pierrots-frown.deviantart.com/
South West, UK

Q: Describe your work in 10 words or less.
A: Past work: kitsch and meaningless. Future work: concept over style.

Q: What do you like to work with (magazines, photographs, vintage)? Be specific!
A: Stuff with history, the stuff of the everyday, stuff that connects us socially, stuff that connects art to life.

Q: How long have you been creating collages and what made you start?
A: About two years and I started by collecting a bunch of stuff that I wanted in one place and I tried deliberately to make them aesthetically pleasing. But now I realise with experience that that's absurd, boring and pointless. I now want to try and find a balance between art-as-art and art-as-idea, and whether that'll be entirely through collage... who knows.

Q: Are you solely an artist, or do you work in another profession?
A: I'm a good-for-nothing student.

Q: Do you have any formal art training?
A: No, but I start art college in September.