“Poushosh” Collages are totally and fundamentally conceptual. For their creation is based on mere idea and concept. And technique and material are the secondary elements in them not the main. Some of the chosen material such as extracts from fashion journals would be ruined or forgotten if they weren’t used in these collections. But this collage revived them, reanimated them with a new life and function. Above all they have helped the artist and the artist has helped them.
“Poushosh” Collages are totally and fundamentally conceptual. For their creation is based on mere idea and concept. And technique and material are the secondary elements in them not the main. Some of the chosen material such as extracts from fashion journals would be ruined or forgotten if they weren’t used in these collections. But this collage revived them, reanimated them with a new life and function. Above all they have helped the artist and the artist has helped them.
title. Present Perfect Continuous - Part 01
date. 2012-2013
collage. mixed media.
concept.
Once, in my never-ending rummage of my beloved bookstore (the oldest in Vienna), exploring its damp and forgotten cellar, I came across a box that was filled with old copies of fashion magazines like Wiener Mode dating back to 1889.
The artists and designers exemplary attention to every detail caught my eyes; in the way that a certain look was shown, or the manner in which the face and the hands of the models were displayed. The artistic value undoubtedly went beyond a mere magazine advertisement.
I opted for a collage and started looking for similar forms and figures, in a way that once done, it would seem as if all the pieces had never been apart. Through this method, I was able to give new life and present once again, the artists’ work to the public after over hundred years.
And about why I chose the title “Present Perfect Continuous”: we use present perfect continuous in English for the actions and events that happened in the past and never stopped. It seems that something is being added or repeated again and again. It is similar to what I have done in this collection.
✒︎ Farshido
