Title: The Long Goodbye // Artist: Kayla Starling
about the piece
| –Materials used: Scissors, glue, vintage magazines –Specific methods used: Cutting and layering paper shapes, figures and words –Meaning behind the work: After a devastating break-up and a reluctant move across the state, I felt lost, without purpose, and without closure. The Long Goodbye explores that profound grief, and insists on looking toward a hopeful future. –Other info: This is the first collage I created, ever! My friend Nova took me to a free collage workshop, and there I fell in love with the medium. |
about the author // Kayla Starling
| Kayla Starling (they/them) is a queer mixed-media artist from Central Florida whose abstract collage works explore grief, hope and existential thought. Combining surrealism and maximalism through 2D analog collage, they urge the viewer to grapple with their own despair — and challenge them to find a way through it. When Kayla is not making collages, they are perfecting their stained glass technique, studying the Spanish language, and working toward food justice in their local community of Tallahassee, Florida. They believe we will see a free, liberated Palestine in our lifetime. |
Instagram: @decaf.collage
Author Photo Credit: Van Lane
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