Lola Dupré is a Glasgow-based artist who produces surreal collages of the human figure using paper and scissors. Dupré has worked with various commercial and corporate clients including TIME Magazine, Nike, The New York Times, Wired and Jordan, just to name a few, plus her works have appeared at almost 70 exhibitions over the past 12 years. Her works are derivative of the Dada movement of the early 20th Century.
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Artist Analysis
Lola Dupré specializes in creating portraits of political figures by using a unique technique. She begins with a single image, which is printed multiple times and then collaged together to produce a distorted version of the original subject. Dupré's process involves working directly with real photographs and physically cutting and pasting the images to manipulate the facial features of her subjects.
Her collages often appear to be poking fun at the focus of the original image, as they often contain exaggerated distortions. In cases where she doesn't use real images, Dupré opts for bright backgrounds featuring bold primary colours, resulting in a visually striking final piece which, once they have been collaged, have a textured appearance.
Although there is limited information available about Dupré's exact process, her work is known to involve traditional paper and scissors techniques. Her portraits are highly captivating and may carry various meanings, such as the repeated eye imagery in her collection possibly representing surveillance. Nonetheless, the majority of her pieces appear to have been created primarily for their visually intriguing qualities. Her pieces can sometimes be quite disturbing to look at because of their distorted appearance.
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