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Artist: Emma Kennedy-Kinsella (Evergreen Park,IL)
Sales for this work are handled by Pulp Stiction. Payment is made through this page.
Year: 2025 | Medium: Mixed media, digital illustration, scanned vintage magazines. The figures in the corner laughing, the text, and the jesters (elons) stage were all from scanned pieces of vintage collage. I bump the contrast and import them as digital collage elements. | Dimensions: 20 x 20 inches | Display: Wall-hung (2D) | Digital work
Artist Statement
My work is heavily influenced by movements such as post-war contemporary art and Dadaism. I love using vintage materials to really tie in the connection of past and present. I see many parallels between current events and the past traumas of war, political unrest, economic depression, and systematic violence. I made this as a direct response to Trump hiring Elon Musk for DOGE. I wanted to make a mockery of them. This was March 2025 and Elon was cutting important federal funding and firing thousands of people. I drew Elon Musk as a jester and made him puppeteering the president while the wealthy elite laugh.
About the Artist
I grew up in the Southside of Chicago. Community is very important to me, and I can often be found photographing local music acts or participating in local art shows. My work is heavily influenced by Post-War Contemporary art, Russian constructivism, and Dadaism.
I find that collage gives me the ultimate freedom to experiment. I start with a general theme or idea and then allow myself to organically comb through magazines and recycled papers to find what is speaking to me. This method of intuitive creation is somewhat of a healing process for me.
https://www.instagram.com/emmadesigns?igsh=MXE4aGM3N3JwZWR4Yw==
Pulp Stiction: Collage as an Act of Resistance. Hopkins Hall Gallery, OSU, Oct 26 to Dec 11, 2026.
Artist: Emma Kennedy-Kinsella (Evergreen Park,IL)
Sales for this work are handled by Pulp Stiction. Payment is made through this page.
Year: 2025 | Medium: Mixed media, digital illustration, scanned vintage magazines. The figures in the corner laughing, the text, and the jesters (elons) stage were all from scanned pieces of vintage collage. I bump the contrast and import them as digital collage elements. | Dimensions: 20 x 20 inches | Display: Wall-hung (2D) | Digital work
Artist Statement
My work is heavily influenced by movements such as post-war contemporary art and Dadaism. I love using vintage materials to really tie in the connection of past and present. I see many parallels between current events and the past traumas of war, political unrest, economic depression, and systematic violence. I made this as a direct response to Trump hiring Elon Musk for DOGE. I wanted to make a mockery of them. This was March 2025 and Elon was cutting important federal funding and firing thousands of people. I drew Elon Musk as a jester and made him puppeteering the president while the wealthy elite laugh.
About the Artist
I grew up in the Southside of Chicago. Community is very important to me, and I can often be found photographing local music acts or participating in local art shows. My work is heavily influenced by Post-War Contemporary art, Russian constructivism, and Dadaism.
I find that collage gives me the ultimate freedom to experiment. I start with a general theme or idea and then allow myself to organically comb through magazines and recycled papers to find what is speaking to me. This method of intuitive creation is somewhat of a healing process for me.
https://www.instagram.com/emmadesigns?igsh=MXE4aGM3N3JwZWR4Yw==
Pulp Stiction: Collage as an Act of Resistance. Hopkins Hall Gallery, OSU, Oct 26 to Dec 11, 2026.