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Exposed in:
17 October - 2 November 2013,
CLOSE-UP&BLOW-UP: Re-constructing the photographic image;
U10-ART SPACE, Belgrade, Serbia.
30 April - 30 May 2013.
30 April - 30 May 2013.
CLOSE-UP&BLOW-UP: Re-constructing the photographic image;
Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia.
The work of Monika Sigeti entail a specific artistic practice, based on exploring and presenting everyday (un)ordinary human behavior through media: an urge to collect, archive, compile. In a studio setting through the act of collaging, Monika Sigeti reconstructs photographs of a collected inventory – newspapers, printed fabric, shoes, bottles of perfume, jewelry, self portraits – therefore by retaking she places them in new symbolic narratives. In her work the author paraphrases/transcribes actions in life and localizes her everyday as the context of research, appropriation and gestural intervention. Having this in mind, the photo collages of Monika Sigeti function in a successful way in pointing out general conditions in society but also the individual sociological dilemmas of the author as an individual.
Andrea Palasti
More photos and details about Revealing:
Revealing Details
In the first period until 2011, my collages are usually created after a certain series of photos. Photography was for me the starting point. Now it is a vice versa - my new approach to the collage. First, I collect material, then assemble collage-object and at the end - I photograph it. Parallel with paper collages I make collage-objects and digital photo collages.
Revealing, site-specific installation, CLOSE-UP&BLOW-UP: Re-constructing the photographic image; U10-ART SPACE, Belgrade, Serbia, 2013.
Installation view , U10-ART SPACE, Belgrade.
