Femmes éclatées 

Jaroslav Serpan made this artwork, "Femmes éclatées," using collage—a process of assembling different materials onto a surface. Here, Serpan uses everyday paper fragments, perhaps torn from magazines or posters. The visual impact comes from how these fragments have been arranged, juxtaposing images of women with mass-produced objects like cars and motorcycles, and scraps of text. The ripped edges of the paper add a sense of violence and fragmentation, which, given the title of the piece, may hint at the objectification and commodification of women in media. The act of tearing and reassembling is labor-intensive, a manual process that contrasts sharply with the slick, mass-produced images found within the collage. By bringing together these disparate elements, Serpan blurs the boundaries between fine art and the ephemera of daily life, questioning the values we place on different forms of creative expression.