Belgian genius of surreal collages (with up-to-date messages!)
His humour is gifted and the way he understands and then visualise his collages is mind-blowing. I was searching for contemporary collages that would help me to figure out how I can incorporate a deeper meaning into my collages and shaking the audience with its clear and ‚mind-blowing‘ message.
Slabbinck’s work is a huge inspiration for me; not only the ideas of collages, but the collages themselves are beautifully elaborated art works. Another thing to mention is the way he uses the scale and form and how the objects smoothly communicate between each other. Some of the materials are of vintage style, some are contemporary
with muted, blurry, old style tones or the complete opposite – bright and rich colours bashed straight into your face. These collages include photographs, prints, old advertisements, iconic vintage style material, but their messages are very contemporary. Without a doubt, this kind of collages has a great potential in the up-to-date artist’s revolts referring to any cultural, political or social issues of nowadays.
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