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James McNulty
http://www.pyroart.net/
Where are you from?
Born
in Providence & raised in East Providence, R.I. I currently reside Reno, NV.
How were you first introduced to collage
R.I.S.D.
How long have you been working in the medium of collage?
34
years.
Please describe your work.
A world-wide,
exclusive documentary on the "Art of Celebration! This
extraordinarily unique medium, which encompasses the entire graphic art history
of fireworks from 1850s-present. It is unprecedented.
What materials do you like to work with?
The
entire graphic history of firecrackers and fireworks packaging, including wrappers
and labels. It
is a means of expressing my homage to this "Art of Celebration."
Please describe your process.
Inspired
by the Zen enlightened experience I had, when my Grandmother gave my mother a shoebox
full of packs of assorted firecrackers (obviously meant for me). It changed my
life and inspired me to start collecting and inventing new method of
collage, that enabled me to choreograph & display the Art of Fireworks! The
interpretive breakthrough in organizing advertising art :(ie) a collage
technique of assigning elemental values to the various colored wrapping papers,
water= blue, land = green, & sky = varied colors, and juxtaposing them with
labels of similar themes.
Do you have any formal art training?
Art
training? Hung around at R.I.S.D & Yale Art & Architecture...also
with some various, famous artists.
What other artists do you admire and why?
Artists
like Peter Blake, Sgt. Peppers Album cover, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Matisse, Fernandez
Arman, and the new realist movement. They all are "outside the box’ ers
Do you collect anything?
Fireworks
ephemera and friends on F.B.
Do you listen to music when you work?
Some
of my best works, and "titles" of works, were inspired by listening
to music playing while working.
Do you have a favorite artist quote?
"I just wanna know about your different lives on this here people farm." Jimi Hendrix
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| Decorated Bridge 10"x 8" |
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| Multiplying Parachute 10" x 8" |
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