Nate Page’s art is really turning some heads. Well, actually, his work is turning pages. By slicing and dicing magazines, Nate’s created three dimensional, topographical pieces that implode the Photoshopped faces of cover models. Regarding his work, Nate says: “I investigate the confrontations between materiality and images, occupied space and presence, potentiality and reality. I use methods of drawing and assemblage to set new rules to my physical surroundings and to alter found objects across my daily path. My immediate environment is inspiration and material. I enjoy transforming an image to become more physical and an object to be more image-like. Personal memories and consumer culture angst inform the works content while generating a visceral dialog between the banality and spectacular of the everyday.” The defacing adds cartoon and comedic elements to the otherwise serious looking personalities.
