Collage Degree
Aaron Needle
Exhibit: April 2 - May 4, 2012
Artist Reception: April 5, 2012, 6-9pm
"I am the youngest child of a literary family from Newton. I've loved making collages since the 5th grade when I pasted a simple loop of figurines encircling the title of the Beatle's song, 'Come Together' to a piece of construction paper. My recent collages were actually intended as preliminary images to print greeting cards from, but have come to be main focus of what I do.
Essentially my art consists of photocopied old and rare printed advertisements and old book covers and blending them with my own borders composed with high quality marbled paper. I am striving to creatively enhance these treasures of early graphic design while resurrecting them from relative obscurity.
My collages were made to be appreciated as art, but also to hopefully inspire viewers with the rich content of their written words and imagery."