Catalina Parra : reconstruire images et textes

In: Caravelle: cahiers du monde hispanique et luso-brésilien, Band 80, Heft 1, S. 145-154

Abstract

ABSTRACT- Conceptual artist Catalina Parra refers to her work as «reconstructions» altering found images from the mass media using a scissors- and-paste technique characteristic of collage. Parra makes use of the daily flow of images in order to halt or reverse the notion of the ephemeral and to challenge the viewer to rethink the social, economic, political, and even philosophical issues to which these images refer. She has contributed to the ways in which found texts and images can be reinvested with new meanings relevant to contemporary problems.