The waiting room 

Nieves Mingueza made this intriguing artwork entitled ‘The Waiting Room’ using collage. The piece presents a fragmented view, predominantly in monochrome, which sets a tone of introspection and anticipation. Notice the composition, how the artist divides the space into distinct sections. The torn edges and collage elements disrupt any seamless reading of the image, challenging our sense of spatial and temporal unity. The choice to obscure parts of the figures and setting draws attention to what is not shown as much as what is. This incompleteness invites speculation and projects a sense of unease. The use of collage destabilizes the artwork's surface, moving it into a theoretical space that speaks to the fragmented nature of memory. The interplay of absence and presence invites us to consider how meaning is constructed through what we piece together, and what remains elusive. This reflects a broader postmodern discourse around representation and subjective experience.