What really stands out as different in Anthony's collages, is the vast white expanse he uses to his advantage in his collages. I love how he creates scenes and landscapes with minimal materials, very little foreground, and absolutely no background. Not only this, but his collages have a very vintage feel.
Name (Real or Screename): Anthony Zinonos
URL (Blog, Website): www.anthonyzinonos.com
Location (Where are you from?): Norwich U.K
Q: Describe your work in 10 words or less.
A: The produce of an obsesive magazine hoarder.
Q: What do you like to work with (magazines, photographs, vintage)? Be specific!
A: Magazines! I love magazines my house is full of them, mostly late 60's and 70's stuff the style and colours are the best from that era. I enjoy the process of finding and collecting the magazines, all those car boot sales and charity shops that I've been to scratching around other peoples junk. I also have a good collection of stationery, stickers, tape and different paper old and new which i use with the magazine stuff.
Q: How long have you been creating collages and what made you start?
A: About 9 years ago i started cutting up magazine and reconstructing the things in my head, collage is a really quick, cheap and easy way of creating images. I enjoy the fact that you take something out of its original content and can give it a new meaning.
Q: Are you solely an artist, or do you work in another profession?
A: I co-own the Norwich based clothing company called "dirt box" and bake cake 3 days a week for a local delicatessen.
Q: Do you have any formal art training?
A: I studied photography for a year in Athens, Greece, then got a Fine Art Degree from the Norwich School of Art and Design where i specialised in printmaking and photomedia.
Q: Explain your favourite techniques.
A: I work best at nights, i'll start by flicking through some magazines until something catches my eye, then it spirals into a mess of cutting, sticking, music and coffee drinking. it has to be all hands on I struggle to do stuff digitally there seens to be too many options, you can't beat a good pair of scissors and a UHU stick.
Q: Describe your favourite piece ever created.
A: Don't think I have a favorite piece, thats kind of what keeps me going, striving to create the perfect image.
Q: What other artists do you admire?
A: Sergei Sviatchenko, John Stezaker and Thomas Schostok to name just a few.
Thanks Anthony!
Comments (1)
i love anthony... (and his work...)
Posted by gemma | December 9, 2008 7:25 PM
Posted on December 9, 2008 19:25