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AMANDA BOLLINGER Amanda Bollinger is an artist living and working in Iowa City. A native of the state, it has only been in the last few years that her wanderlust has subsided enough that she recognizes the amazing loveliness of the Midwest, and Iowa in particular. Collage is her favorite art form. Amanda is a vehement environmentalist and uses exclusively recycled, discarded, and second-hand materials to create her art. In order to create the many textures within her collages, Amanda paints with and on many different types of used paper, cardboard, plastics, or wood - basically anything she can save from the landfill. The constant calculation of potential canvas or collage material in everything she sees may or may not be a form of slavery. She has produced thousands of collages over the years. Those thousands of pieces have led her to the complex and sophisticated pieces that she takes pride in now. In her own words: |
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