Goran Tomic

On Collage

My Collages are a manifestation of the chaotic mayhem of  modern life in a big City. The latest series of Collages were constructed when my immediate living environment changed from a wonderful old house with a large workshop to apartment block existence. With hardly any space or storage I had to downsize my work on smaller sized cardboard, manilla envelopes and various second hand childrens and nature book covers. The Idea was that they could fit into a folder in a carry bag/satchel and be worked on wherever I was. The Collages were started and conceived while in transit, either in cafes, pubs, libraries and even on public transport. The initial energy being my surroundings and then the finishing touches fine tuned at home.

The series I’m working on is titled “Mapping Approximation” which is a large expansive collection of Collages delving into the consciousness of the Modern Inferno that we inhabit and our oxygen giving participation to its flames. They are Compositions within compositions commenting on the current state of Technology, AI, Climate change, cheap and nasty architecture, disposable culture, medication as food, the new age Jungian world on our doorstep. This is Our Modern Inferno. You won’t find Obvious images of Blood or War or Hell in this series, the underlying theme and Through Line is my personal interpretation of Dante’s inferno.