Vajda Lajos Fotómontázs Cinóber Alapon 1933, Fotómontázs, 37,2x38,5cm 1933

Vajda Lajos made this photomontage on a cinnabar ground in 1933, and I can only imagine what it would have been like to stand in his shoes at that time. What a trip! It’s an explosion of textures, a visual cacophony against that searing red background, a ground that feels less like a passive backdrop and more like an active participant in a visual argument. The figures, caught in snippets and fragments, seem to emerge from the collective unconscious. Each element feels deliberately placed, yet teetering on the edge of chaos. I'm reminded of Hannah Höch, and the Dadaists, who embraced collage as a way to critique and reassemble the world around them. Artists feed off each other, it's a constant dialogue through time. It's like one big, messy, beautiful conversation that never really ends. There’s no fixed meaning, no single way to interpret it, which, in my book, is what makes it so endlessly fascinating.