At first glance, this is a photo that has been modified with a blue filter. At most, it is a picture drawn with multiple blue paints. But in fact, everything you see in front of you is made of cowboys. Cloth collage paintings. Artist Ian Berry collects second-hand jeans from all over the world, cuts out magical color blocks by hand without using any mechanical tools, and collages them into realistic images. In the scenes depicting urban life, there is a hint of loneliness and transparency, which attracts people to think deeply after entering the picture.
The inspiration for Ian Berrys creation came from a time when he was sorting out clutter at home. When he sorted out a mountain of jeans, he remembered how these jeans had accompanied him through different stages of life, and then carefully touched the feel of each pair of jeans. Color, so he immediately thought: "Why don't I just use these jeans as raw materials for creation?" Therefore, starting in 2006, he began to carry out different attempts and experiments, and has now become a cutting-edge artist who uses denim to paint, inspired by " Interviewed by BBC" and nominated as one of the contemporary innovative young artists by Art Business News magazine.
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Many people find it incredible when they learn that Ian Berry only relies on one pair of hands, scissors, and glue to complete his paintings. They mistakenly think that he can bleach or dye jeans, or draw directly on jeans. In fact, his studio is filled with jeans in blue, black, gray and other colors. He will carefully observe the texture, brush marks, wear and fading degree of each pair of jeans, and according to his brain, he will The composition is cut into blocks and then glued to form a painting. The sheen of the floor, the texture of the feathers, and the wrinkles on the clothes can all be faithfully displayed through denim. In this way, step by step, Ian Berry uses denim of different colors as a creative brush to collage a highly realistic picture.
Ian Berrys works range from portraits to life scenes, including single paintings that closely resemble photographs, as well as installations disguised as laundromats or newsstands. Although the themes are different, what is the same is that when the special texture and stitching lines of denim are combined and collaged, the effect presented is completely irreplaceable by other creative media.
