Technicolor Dare (2011)
Derek Gores
United States
Collage on canvas
24 x 24"
61 x 61 cm
$2,400

Ever More (2011)
Derek Gores
United States
Collage on canvas
48 x 48"
122 x 122 cm
$5,900

Liberate & Fascinate (2011)
Derek Gores
United States
Collage on canvas
48 x 48"
122 x 122 cm
$5,900

Born in New York, 1971.

In his popular collage portraits, Derek Gores recycles magazines,
labels, and assorted found analog and digital materials to create the
works on canvas. The series showcases Gores' contrasting interests in
the living beauty of the figure, the mechanically angular and abstract
design aesthetics of fashion, and a fearless sense of play.

"I like my pictures to barely come together with teasing little
details. Sort of like how the mind can't help but wander, even when
trying to focus on one thing. In the collages, some of the little bits
I use are deliberate, but in most I'm trusting randomness to help
build an end result more interesting than I could have planned. One
friend calls it a 'Zen Narrative.' "

His subjects are simply figures and objects in a space, influenced by
heroes Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Franz Kline, Rube Goldberg, Max
Ernst, and, "those great old long-exposure photos of Abraham Lincoln
where you can feel the whole minute inside each image. I love that
buzzing stillness. I do reference a classic beauty, but made of raw
and geometric and un-designed parts, so I feel it's a contemporary
beauty too. I'm not interested in heavy, conscious concepts- I make
something simple and let the elements combine in the head, reacting
with each history the viewer brings to the table. When it goes well, I
hope to create a real experience, instead of just a picture of an
experience. But that sounds a little too huge... really I'm searching
for that feeling of having the eyes of a kid, where everything is
new."

These works and text from:
http://www.thinkspacegallery.com/bio.php?artist=Derek%A0Gores

http://www.derekgores.com/