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TOWARDS TOGETHER is an abstract collage / painting on canvas. I was inspired by the refugee crisis. The letters and typography are symbolizing the daily reports in newspapers and TV news. The group of people are the refugees who wander in darkness because their destination is unknown....
I assemble original photography, assorted papers, acrylics, oil, charcoal, ink, and pencil in my works. The variety of resources I am able to use has proved indispensable to me. Having always loved the appearance of weathered walls plastered with peeling paint and old posters, I revive this aesthetic with hopefully a keen and professional eye. The creative objective of my work is to “make something beautiful out of dilapidation.” My tableaus explore the dissonance between old and new materials, intertwined in the most beautiful way possible to create dreamlike and melancholy images.
For this particular artwork I used a very good quality canvas , 120 x 80 x 2 cm
The artwork is a combination of a collage and a painting, like most of my artworks.
Materials used:
paper, magazine, newspaper, acrylic, crayons, pencil, glue, varnish
I remembered that as a young girl I so much liked to cut images from magazines to paste them into school agendas, scrapbooks and even on my bedroom door. Add to this the fascination I always had for walls filled with old posters, flaking paint, scrappy billboards.. Read more…