Extraordinary talent, artistry, and skill go into making these collages, not to mention the creative vision to come up with this idea as a medium in the first place.
Artist Toon Joosen "merges magazine cutouts of people with book pages to create clever collages where figures playfully interact with text."
It's always inspiring to see something genuinely new and different.
You can find more of his work on his Instagram page (no account needed to view his page).
From sweeping up words with a broom to catching the perfect sentence with a fishing pole, Joosen finds a myriad of ways to create relationships between people and language. “My collages often consist of two images out of vintage magazines that together give an alienating and often funny effect,” he tells My Modern Met. “Sometimes images are waiting months before I find a perfect match.”
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