A nostalgic escape
Vesna Vrdoljak fuses photographs and bits of paper to create narrative arrangements which are all cut and glued by hand. She creates intimate and minimal works as well as blow ups, where she is playing with scale and texture to create new narratives.
“I make collages to create my own reality. I cut and glue by hand. The limited possibilities of the analogue working method appeal to me. The tactility of mainly old photos and paper is a major value in my work.”
“With the least possible cuts I want to make a new and neat image. I like to create surreal and undefinable images to offer the viewer his own interpretation. I prefer to display an atmosphere or mood instead of a definite story; mostly tinted with a nostalgic feeling due to the old material I prefer to use.”
“My collages are about beauty and escapism. The pure aesthetics of composition and color combinations can be very satisfying to me.”
Vesna Vrdoljak, born in 1978, is a paper artist living and working in Amsterdam. Originally trained in European film and Aesthetics at Masters level, Vesna did not originally see herself as an artist until she began working in collage in 2012. The process began organically by Vesna combining appealing images sourced from vintage books and magazines and she is self-taught.
Collages - Vesna Vrdoljak
