From flowery headdresses to botanical appears to homes perched atop tree stumps, Julie Liger-Belair's collages (beforehand) invite us right into a whimsical world. On paper and located objects, she delves into private tales and the emotional connections that bind us to nature, place and sense of belonging.
In it Scrappy Blablah Within the sequence, for instance, the artist compiles numerous cutouts into playful compositions that provide a option to course of exterior data, showing “when the scraps of paper on my desk determine to embody my emotions concerning the world outdoors my studio,” she says. “However additionally they present the antidote.”
Liger-Belair and her household just lately visited Vietnam, inspired by their oldest daughter, who was adopted from the nation and hasn't returned since. The brand new travel-inspired works embody bigger collages with components painted on wooden panels, along with discovered objects, classic images and snapshots the artist took on the journey.
She continues the themes of house and luxury by means of the home motif, which regularly options figures, flowers, patterns and vines that unfurl past their boundaries. In different compositions, the home shrinks in dimension as gigantic mushrooms and flowers coexist with woodland creatures in fantasy landscapes.
Liger-Belair additionally revisited concepts from earlier assemblage work, making small, three-dimensional items in sardine cans and different discovered cans. “I've at all times liked gathering issues and utilizing them in bits and items,” she tells Colossal. “My experiments with resin and ceramics additionally discovered their approach into this sequence (referred to as) canned talesand so they're extra enjoyable, dreamy items.”
Discover extra on Liger-Belair's web site, Instagram and Behance.
