Duane

Toops

Duane Toops is a mixed-media artist known for his dynamic and textured approach to art-making. Working primarily in collage, Toops blends analog and digital techniques to create works that explore themes of identity, impermanence, and transformation. His layered compositions often juxtapose fragmented imagery with raw, gestural marks, reflecting a process-driven philosophy. Toops’s practice is rooted in a curiosity about materiality and meaning, inviting viewers to engage with the tension between chaos and order. His work has been featured in exhibitions and publications that celebrate experimental and contemporary art practices.

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Santa, 2024
Magazine fragments, wrapping paper, and printed out AI image on index card
4 x 6 in

Valuable, 2024
magazine fragments and vintage paper on index card
4 x 6 in
Separates, 2024
Vintage and contemporary magazine fragments
8.5 x 11.5 in

 

Breakage Can Be Remedied, 2024
Vintage magazine fragments and vintage paper
8.5 x 11.5 in

Christmas Future's Past, 2024
Vintage and contemporary magazine fragments, and printed out AI image
4 x 6 in
Freedom Had Come to an End, 2024
Magazine fragments and vintage paper
4 x 6 in

Lets, 2024
Magazine fragments and vintage paper
4 x 6 in