Altered State: Leytonstone Art Trail
Leytonstone Art Trail
Altered State: Works by Cos Ahmet
Norlington Road Studios
1 - 17 July 2011
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In 2010/11, London based artist Cos Ahmet, embarked upon a new series of works under the banner Altered State. Assembled and inspired by a diverse source from the artist’s personal archive (postcards, found imagery, newsprint/magazine cuttings, and remnants, amongst others); this use of collage marks a shift in Cos Ahmet’s creativity, moving away from his established repertoire of figures and body imagery, igniting a new fascination and passion for the male form, albeit with trace elements of past works.
This departure has opened sets of possibilities that has allowed Ahmet to make free associations to use found imagery, creating a sub-language within his recognized body dialogues, exploring parallels within the self, shaping, altering and shifting into meta-figurative beings.
Altered State questions the origin of identity, authorship and originality and their relevance to making art today. A number of pieces include homage’s to artists and to their works that have been a constant inspiration and influence throughout his art career. Ahmet, has in essence, turned the table and is physically exploiting these works as his own as a nod to the original but with his own twist in varying forms of alteration.
Altered State: Works by Cos Ahmet
Norlington Road Studios
1 - 17 July 2011
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In 2010/11, London based artist Cos Ahmet, embarked upon a new series of works under the banner Altered State. Assembled and inspired by a diverse source from the artist’s personal archive (postcards, found imagery, newsprint/magazine cuttings, and remnants, amongst others); this use of collage marks a shift in Cos Ahmet’s creativity, moving away from his established repertoire of figures and body imagery, igniting a new fascination and passion for the male form, albeit with trace elements of past works.
This departure has opened sets of possibilities that has allowed Ahmet to make free associations to use found imagery, creating a sub-language within his recognized body dialogues, exploring parallels within the self, shaping, altering and shifting into meta-figurative beings.
Altered State questions the origin of identity, authorship and originality and their relevance to making art today. A number of pieces include homage’s to artists and to their works that have been a constant inspiration and influence throughout his art career. Ahmet, has in essence, turned the table and is physically exploiting these works as his own as a nod to the original but with his own twist in varying forms of alteration.