Sophie Siem, 'Untitled' 2016

This work is an original handmade collage by Sophie Siem made in 2016. It is one of the artists early examples of her exploration in the medium. Unlike her recent works this piece was executed with brown paper. Such a work is a perfect stand alone piece balance on a mantelpiece or in a collection of works on a large wall. Although it is simple in design, its detailing is unique dicating its subject matter clearly. Sophie's daily collage practice has allowed her to develop an aesthetic that is personal, playful and practical. she enjoys the challenge of using whatever visual stimuli is available (magazines, newspapers, tickets…) to create an image that can pose visual or literal questions to the viewer. Her ongoing work in film pushes herself to strip an image or a narrative to its most essential form. This desire to simplify drives the collage making: sophie is equally interested in the empty spaces that hold their visual worlds as the cutout images and words that compose them.