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Mark
Wagner's work wrestles the foreign from the familiar. He singles out
his primary material, the one-dollar bill, as "the most ubiquitous
piece of paper in America." His collage process employs an array
of techniques to de-familiarize the "one." Wagner reproduces
the effects of tapestries, paints, engravings, mosaics, and computers
-- striving for something bizarre, beautiful, or unbelievable. In addition
to making small dollar bill collages, Wagner is also working on Liberty,
a 16-foot tall reproduction of the Statue of Liberty made from 1000
$1 bills. Wagner's handling of clothing tags (those little branding
labels found on the inside neck of your shirt) is more straightforward,
as patchwork re-combinations of tags in collages, artist books, and
an awe-inspiring sport coat. These works make use of overlooked, common
items in profuse and beautiful juxtapositions.
Mark Wagner's book and collage work is collected nationally and internationally
by dozens of institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, The Walker
Art Center, the New York Public Library, the Library of Congress, and
the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. His work has been shown at The
Metropolitan Museum, The Getty Research Institute, The Brooklyn Museum
of Art, The Renaissance Society, The Milwaukee Art Museum Western Exhibitions
in Chicago and the Pavel Zoubok Gallery in New York. Wagner lives and
works in Brooklyn, New York.

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