Marc Zakroff

Philadelphia

creating analog art in a digital world

Marc Zakroff is a self-taught mixed-media collage artist based in Philadelphia. In fact, he’s a 20-year overnight success. Marc draws inspiration from the pop culture icons of his childhood (pre-digital) and the modern world at-large.

For over 20 years, Marc has established a style that reflects his personality and showcases his creativity. He creates unique hand-cut collages using source material found in magazines, books, etc. He’s transforming paper images (analog & nearly extinct) to weave a new story, by blending the old with the new, the nostalgic with the modern, or the silly with the serious. Each piece is one-of-a-kind and intricately crafted by hand. Marc blends images and (sometimes) acrylic paint on a wood canvas and applies multiple thin coats of glue and gloss to deliver a timeless finish.

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    Artist Statement

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 Glue ✄ Paper ✄ Scissors ✄

  • My source material comes from auction catalogs, coffee table books, magazines, comics, maps, etc. No images are printed from a computer. People often think the entire collage was created on the computer, but it’s not. All images are physically collected from the original source material

  • The #1 question people ask me is....”how long did that take you to do?”. Unfortunately I don’t have a good answer and I think it’s because I’d be embarrassed to share the real answer. For instance, I’d say the Obama piece I’ve attached took at least 500 hours.

  • All pictures are hand-cut. Again nothing is done digitally. I use a combination of scissors and xacto knife to prepare all my images for inclusion on the collage

  • Images go around the edges of the wood canvas, so originals don’t need to be framed

    Marc’s art obviously captures depth through layering images. Depth continues as images go around the edges of the wood canvas, so originals don’t need to be framed

  • ISimple images are applied with basic modge-podge. For images that require more precision cutting, I make them into stickers using a double-sided adhesive. This is what allows me to apply layers & layers of pictures to add depth. This also allows me to apply fragile images with intricate cuts and avoid air bubbles

  • The end product is covered with several thin layers of glue and polycrylic, so it’s smooth to the touch

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