Raluca Arnăutu

Powerful colours seize the viewer, while the numerous individual pieces of the collages overlap each other to relate to their own place within the composition. The face, which is composed of these cubist combinations of fabric and painted paper applications, presents itself to the viewer in frontal view, while wearing a horrified facial expression. With their colourful exterior, which resembles many ornaments, and the abstract forms of their individual elements, they are reminiscent of the mask images of African tribes of peoples who served as models for the Cubists. The pieces of fabric, some of which are made of faux fur, support this impression.