Nick's latest interview in the North Bay Bohemian Magazine with journalist Jessica Dur - Read Full Interview Here
"One of my goals is to give value to the valueless," says Mancillas, who forages the cardboard from dumpsters and then creates mixed-media collages of the famous men (mostly presidents) whose stoic faces appear on our money. "I'm interested in a sort of artistic alchemy" His art, then, is ultimately about finding value where we least expect it. "If I could transform a turd into a gold nugget, and make it worth something to someone, I would."
"One of my goals is to give value to the valueless," says Mancillas, who forages the cardboard from dumpsters and then creates mixed-media collages of the famous men (mostly presidents) whose stoic faces appear on our money. "I'm interested in a sort of artistic alchemy" His art, then, is ultimately about finding value where we least expect it. "If I could transform a turd into a gold nugget, and make it worth something to someone, I would."
As featured in the Arts section of the San Francisco Bay Guardian Magazine
See Nick Mancillas interview and in-depth story in The Press Democrat.