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Jorge Macchi — Cadaver exquisito
Jorge Macchi

Cadaver exquisito

A fragmented human figure is assembled from mismatched newspaper clippings, evoking the Surrealist parlor game of the "exquisite corpse" in which disconnected parts are combined to form an unexpected whole. Macchi exploits the visual noise of newsprint — headlines, photographs, and columns of text — to construct a body that is simultaneously familiar and disjointed. The work reflects on themes of identity, information overload, and the fragmented nature of contemporary existence.

Medium
newspaper collage on paper

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Latin America

May 23, 2013

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Jorge Macchi, Cadaver exquisito

A fragmented human figure is assembled from mismatched newspaper clippings, evoking the Surrealist parlor game of the "exquisite corpse" in which disconnected parts are combined to form an unexpected whole. Macchi exploits the visual noise of newsprint — headlines, photographs, and columns of text — to construct a body that is simultaneously familiar and disjointed. The work reflects on themes of identity, information overload, and the fragmented nature of contemporary existence.

Medium
newspaper collage on paper
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Surrealism, Conceptual, Text-Based, Mixed Media, Collage, Paper, Newspaper, Playful, Argentine, Contemporary

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