What do you do with candy wrappers, old not-a-collector's-edition comics, old newspapers, etc., discard them, right? For artist Paul Rousso discarded candy wrappers, money, comics, newspaper, magazine pages, etc. are art but only when created life-sized.

Paul Rousso who has worked both as an art director and freelance illustrator for big brands like Revlon, Clairol, Condé Nast, and Bloomingdale's creates realistic, life-sized crumpled paper sculptures by moulding acrylic into folds and creases of paper then paints it to look like its been actually crumpled and discarded.

"My latest works involve any and all documents. They are created ascetically and without regard to specific documents. The subject is the paper, and the paper is the paint. I always felt it was more like painting than doing a collage. Different papers and inks do different things, and in that I have found a new language. My voice as it were", Rousso shares on his website.

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