2019 -  3d collage - 110 h x 110 w x 6 cm - printed-paper and cardboard - unframed

‘Fading Away #9’ is part of a body of work inspired by the idea of 'fading' - memories, ideas, identity. In an era where we have to manage an incredible amount of information, we struggle to keep memory of our points of reference, our story.

Why people likes and seems to be reassured by a face that is well known like the one of a celebrity? How our personal memory of these famous people is interlaced and overlapped with a common memory, a memory that we share with our community or a big number of people?

As for all my collages, printed-paper, recycled from magazines, leaflets and catalogues has been used as a medium. Printed-paper offers fragmented insights of our society, it is full of shattered memories, stories and advertising messages. It represents universal features of our cultural environment.

Like our memories and identities, this portrait is fluid and mobile, constantly changeable as soon as the viewer moves, an abstract composition although the original image is always recognizable.

One piece ready to hang. No frame. A clear acrylic box frame can be supplied upon request (with an additional cost, please contact me for more information). FREE SHIPPING