Danielle Krysa

"best in the west" framed vintage ephemera collage embellished with crystals

2024

This piece titled "the same mysterious animacy" is an original piece by Cassie Normandy White and is made from collaged monoprints, microscopic scans, ...

This piece titled "Like a Pen VE 16/18" is a variable edition piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from hand-colored etching on Rives BFK with an artist-made frame. This piece is an ed...

This piece titled "Like a Pen VE 3/18" is a variable edition piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from hand-colored etching on Rives BFK with an artist-made frame. This piece is an edi...

This piece titled "Popular Item" is an original artwork made from collage, hand embroidery, and latex paint on canvas by Kelly Kozma. This piece is shipped in the pictured white frame and measures 6"h x 6"w framed. The catalyst for this new body of work was a jar of leftover magazine cutouts from a collage I made in 2010. Reusing leftover materials as well repurposing items that might end up thrown away, has become a very important part of my process the past decade. Stumbling across this jar of coin sized images that had waited patiently on a shelf for 12 years, ignited my creative process and drove me to explore collage in a new way. Unlike the piece from 2010 in which I assembled the images by piecing them together, I decided to examine each individual cut out on its on. By removing the image from any other context it allows you to focus solely on its meaning, purpose or feelings that it may evoke. Each image is embedded in a field of French knots which felt like a way of creating a time capsule of sorts for the object. Another inspiration behind this collection is my six year old son and his endless piles of sticks, stones, leaves, etc in our home. Only to him they aren’t sticks and stones, they are treasures. His ability to find a tiny twig or scrap of paper and not only cherish it but give it a backstory of why it is so special, is a beautiful thing and one I have tried to tap into with my new work. By placing a picture of a rubberband ball...

"Virgo" unframed collage on fine art paper by artist Melanie Boone. Melanie Boone collaged lower right recto. Signed Melanie Boone ©, dated 1999 and titled "Virgo" verso. Collage ima...

An English Mid-Century collage, involving fabrics, paper and metal, on a hessian background with a heavily carved XIX Century gilt frame.

For your consideration is a complex contemporary collage dated 1995 and signed by Day (24.5 H x 30.25 W framed). In excellent condition.     

"Vichy" unframed collage on fine art paper by artist Melanie Boone. Melanie Boone collaged lower right recto. Signed Melanie Boone ©, dated 1997 and titled "Vichy" verso. Collage ima...