Modernism is pleased to present its second exhibition of collages by Eva Lake. In Relics of Beauty, striking images are constructed from an array of art history and archaeology photography paired with pop-culture imagery of 20th-century women. The result is a body of work that rewrites the historical record with softness and femininity, and challenges the pervasive societal notions surrounding beauty.
For those who are in desperate need of stimulation, this zine delivers - its visual language is razor-sharp and packed with colour, each page feels like a porno magazine that has vomited everywhere. Hattie calls it a "frenetic deluge", a collection of themes that circle the drain of "online fatigue", a way to process an excessive amount of information in order to create meaning and seek comfort.
In his short film Papers (1991), the Japanese artist Yoshinao Satoh assembles thousands of newspaper images into a transfixing animation. Moving through a flurry of Japanese characters, moon phases, Go games, house plans and faces that grows ever faster, Satoh creates a mass-media collage that seems to anticipate the age of information overload. Amplifying the frenzied pace and mesmerising effect, he pairs the imagery with a propulsive work by the US composer Steve Reich.
This Artist Used A Sketchbook And Pen To Create Amazing Detailed Drawings Hauntingly Beautiful Ophelia Paintings Seduce You From Beneath The Water's Surface Irish Street Artist Creates Anaglyph Mural Of Edward Bruce, The Last High King Of Ireland Hyper-Realistic Drawings By Bella McGoldrick Frederic Edwin Church's Beautiful Pantings of Icebergs Between Labrador and Greenland, 1859 1861 Street Artist Makes Mario Mosaics Where He Cosplays As Different Characters Artist Creates Stunning Illustrations Depicting The Aftermath Of Hurricane Helene
We've all sat through a training video that felt longer than The Irishman. Slide after slide, bullet point after bullet point, until your brain starts quietly planning dinner instead of paying attention. Here's the truth: today's learners don't just prefer engaging content, they expect it. They scroll through TikToks, binge-watch explainer videos, and absorb information in colorful, fast-paced bursts. So when training feels like an old PowerPoint deck, attention is gone before the second slide.
"It is important to me to have a connection with my subjects. The connection helps me to intuitively move through the process. I combine these photographs with found images to create an initial collage and then I sit with it for months, or years, changing and manipulating it over time."
