Sammy Slabbinck is a Belgian Artist who is known for
combining vintage photography with contemporary compositional settings to
create visually appealing collage prints. A lot of his pieces are quite humorous
and contain subtle social commentary. For example the top two designs I have
chosen seem to link to consumerism. The giant woman towering over the cityscape
in the top design is standing proudly with her fur coat and matching skirt, I
believe this is commenting on how society has become obsessed with material
wealth. The middle design has a more direct comment due to the text featured in
the composition and the beam of colour radiating from the T.V, this piece is in
response to the popularization of television and the addiction that comes with
it. My favourite is the bottom design; I love how the repetition of the hand
creates a crazy but intriguing composition. The entwining of the colourful birds
and flowers creates an interesting contrast to the deformity of the multiple hands.
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