The Record Store; Vinyl Village by Will Armstrong

Will Armstrong's mixed-media collage constructs a densely layered urban landscape from fragmented imagery and materials. *The Record Store; Vinyl Village* assembles disparate visual elements—likely sourced from printed matter, photographs, and found materials—into a compressed architectural composition. The work operates through accumulation and overlap, where individual components merge into a cohesive yet heterogeneous whole. Color, texture, and compositional depth create visual tension between discrete parts and unified surface. The collage method itself becomes subject; Armstrong's process of selection, arrangement, and integration generates meaning through material juxtaposition rather than singular representation. The work demonstrates how contemporary collage practice engages questions of urbanism, nostalgia, and visual fragmentation in contemporary image culture.