Virginie Maltais
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Virginie Maltais STATEMENT These analogue collages are made through the use of a semi-automatic gesture combining mixed media: magazines, pastel, pencil, marker and paint. Cutting fashion magazines is a way for this artist to reappropriate this familiar and organized world, taking inspiration from the Surrealist movement. The themes are the quest, femininity and destiny. The frame (rigid line, dark mass) and fluidity (curve, gradient fade). Each collage is an elegant blend of forms and colours, lines and curves which make the paper fit like a beautiful dress design. Her influences come from Carl Jung, Dali, Riopelle and collagists all around the world: London, Milan and New York. BIO Virginie Maltais was born in Quebec City and currently lives in Montreal. She has a degree in Arts with advertising and cinema studies. She has pursued a modeling career since 2008, cutting fashion magazines is a way for this artist to reappropriate this familiar and organized world. She often participates in collective art exhibits and she creates collage to illustrate articles for a web magazine. She is interested by science, psychology, fashion and arts. ARTIST CONTACT [click to email] IMAGES
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