Red Door 33

THE COLLAGES OF MARIJA IVETIC
“We are a collage of our
interests, our influences,
our inspirations, all the
fragmentary impressions
we’ve collected by being
alive and awake to the
world. Who we “are” is
simply a finely curated
catalog of those.”
-Maria Popova
Collages with American pin-up
girls from the 1950s visiting the
masterpieces of visual artists - some
of the finest works of world art over
the millennia.
I think it’s fun to put these together
as the contrast they are and play with
words/idioms in multiple languages
to support the narrative/message of
each image.
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With a twist of humor, irony, feelings,
truth, atmosphere, exclamation and
sometimes the bizarre .... - which
ends in an expression that might also
speak to you. Working with collage
offers the opportunity to use different
fragments from a reality that we
know - but put together in new and
surprising ways.
For many years I have been
fascinated by collages and the visual
art technique behind them. For all
these years, I have slowly made it a
habit to collect paper materials and
have a huge collection.
I work as a school pedagogue
and I have worked with many
forms of creative expression. I have
always been interested in recycling
and collage is a great way to put
something familiar together in an
unexpected and strange meeting
that can give a new reality.