La Cage, un écho permanent 2022

Sandra Chevrier made this image, La Cage, un écho permanent, which looks like a painting with collage elements. The face is pieced together like a puzzle or maybe like a superhero mask, with comic book fragments pasted on. Up close, you can see the texture where the paper meets the paint. It's not just a flat surface; you can almost feel the edges of the paper. The bright, bold colors of the comic book contrast so sharply with the soft skin tones. I like how the artist has let the collage be sort of messy; the tears and rips in the paper add to the feeling of something raw and real. There's one spot, just above the nose, where you can see a bit of the comic book text peeking through. It's like a little secret message, a hidden layer of meaning. Chevrier’s work reminds me of how David Salle used to layer images, creating a visual mashup that's both beautiful and a little unsettling. It's like she's saying there's more to us than meets the eye.