Original art pieces, made with both vintage Archie Comics and Scotch tape
September 6, through October 3, 2005
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This collection of originals and prints will showcase some of the artist's experiments from the last decade. Renowned collage artist Danny O, "credited as the first artist to discover the artistic uses for Scotch tape " will help celebrate 75 years of an iconic American brand with a whimsical art exhibit.
Classically trained at both Boston University and Cooper Union, Danny O, broke with tradition when his pieces of art created with Scotch tape and Archie&Mac226;s comics landed him several museum shows and numerous commissions. Using rolls of Scotch transparent tape and a vintage comic book, Danny O lifts the old ink with the tape then transfers the image to a new surface (he currently uses losing lottery tickets as his canvases) after an hour or so the images come to life.
"I learned this technique by accident while waiting tables ten years ago, after I discovered it, I traded in my apron for a roll of scotch tape and have been making my living as an artist ever since" says the 43-year-old artist. "It's a fantastic trick that is completely hypnotic."
In his upcoming show, "Archie Virtue", Danny O dissects and reorders the comics to suit his own vision of Pop art. The results are sophisticated and delicately created drawings. Everything from portraits of celebrities (both comic and real) as well as landscapes, figures, abstractions and what he calls "Archie Poems" using only the text of the comics to create, funny even weird word games. The exhibit will be open to the public through October 2005.
Danny O has donated several originals to the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art. Danny O has designed works for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, signed an exclusive contract with Wild Apple Graphics, and has been licensing his art worldwide. Danny also earned a page in the Guinness Book of World Records for the Largest Ball Mosaic.
