Getting lost

'Getting lost' consists of five photographic reproductions of actual collages that I made out of colored confetti representing five examples from history of art, which depict the female body. The confetti is made from fashion magazines and keeps the formal characteristics and represents them in the new image (for instance, the color of the hair is made out images of hair in the magazine). The carefully composed collages appeal to the theme of the visual representation of a woman in different moments in history and how this image is represented today in the fashion magazines. I see it as a raw material to construct any look that will be needed to create a successful image. So the woman, in a way, loses her identity.
I took characteristic examples of different approaches, including abstract depiction and direct confrontation with the subject. These examples became a reference to the attitude to the depiction of women as one of the most classic theme in the history of art. This work is also commenting on the postmodern approach of combining, composing and playing with different materials in order to create a new form. But in the same way woman adjusts herself to the conditions necessary today, by being flexible in her appearance. I see the postmodern tradition of compilation as a certain, seemingly temporary, limitation. So that is why my collages are also temporary. And after taking the photograph of an image I destroy them.