Collages of fragments of photographs layered on paper.
PRICE
15300.00 €
ABOUT THE WORK
Material: Fine art paper
In her Root Series of eighteen works, Junko cut out very small images from high-quality printed books - art books,... Read More
In her Root Series of eighteen works, Junko cut out very small images from high-quality printed books - art books, nature photography books, medical books, technology books - and picking these tiny pieces up with tweezers she applied them to the surface of the work with glue. The individual pieces are so small and cut in such a deliberate way, and often are layered on top of each other so thickly that the images are often not recognizable. Junko uses them like brush strokes. She discovered this collage technique in the early 1970s and has continued to develop it for more than 50 years.
Junko sees the root as "struggling in a dark place." There is a muscularity and solidity to the root that required a constructive technique. The collage technique answered the need which the encounter with the root created. This image is a dense, surreal collage composed of interwoven human and animal forms, limbs, and organic textures. Rendered in earthy, flesh-like tones, the chaotic composition evokes a visceral sense of decay, transformation, and entanglement. The layered imagery suggests themes of mortality, the subconscious, and primal connections.
