Featured Artist: Steven Hartman
Something inside me has to click...
Steven Hartman began his exploration of collage over twenty-five years ago. He was first inspired by the illustrations in Golden Books and Dell comics and later by the art movements of Dadaism, Pop-Art and Surrealism, especially the works of Max Ernst and Joseph Cornell.
With the absence of the “digital age” when Hartman began his work, he utilized the classic cut-and-paste collage technique. Meticulously creating seamless collages, each piece can take him just minutes to several years as he patiently waits for just the right images to fit perfectly with a piece. “Something inside me has to click for me to know it has arrived.” He recently began a collaboration with a digital photographer, which has given him the opportunity to utilize modern technology to enhance his paper collages for print and sale.
He has a Solo Exhibition opening in April at Bright Hill’s Word & Image Gallery in Treadwell, NY.
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Steven Hartman is a poet and collage artist who lives four subway stops from Coney Island. As former co-editor of Pinched Nerves Press and Make Room For Dada, he began making collages for the covers of poetry chapbooks. His work has appeared in Found Street, Taproot Review, Nietzsche’s Brolly and Thin Ice Press. He has participated in several group exhibitions including the ABC No Rio and 440 Gallery in New York and Atelier Herenplaats in Rotterdam.