It’s hard to believe that the images are not a painting but a painstakingly put together paper collage. The artist is Are Mokkelbost, a young talent from Oslo, Norway. His collages have been on view in Oslo and Paris and are currently making the blog circles. For those who really can’t believe that Mokkelbost’s creations are not paintings, read on for proof…
Mokkelbost’s ION-OMNI series, which he created between 2005 and 2008, is what currently fascinates art lovers and the public alike. His pictures emit a raw energy that is contained only by the medium of collage: random pieces of paper, determined by the artist’s vision, are put together to create these strangely beautiful images. They are like fires made of geometrical shapes that have the power, phoenix like, to create life – strange heads of hair that become the fire rather than being destroyed by it.
