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Several images from Russian children’s books from the fifties and sixties on a page from a book of 1984. With on top an image of Lenin and a part of a postcard about the October Revolution.
In the streets of Sofia
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Walking the streets of Sofia I saw the poster covered walls and knew I had to do something with it. I took some paper of the walls and carried it around. In cities along the way I laid out different combinations. It was harder then I thought. But finally In The Streets of Sofia was born in Burgas-Bulgaria.
Bulgarian DaDa A. Ruse.
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15x20cm/6x8inch. With pieces of a history book, map of Ruse and a fashion magazine of 1959.
CCCP Rose
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Handmade collage. 20x30cm/8x12inch. Another one made during my trip in Bulgaria. Made in Burgas with material found in bookstalls along the way.
Red guard with vicious dog guarding the Red Square.
20x30cm/8x12inch. Handmade collage. With map of Sofia, Russian calendar of 1957, postcards from Moscow and several Russian children’s books of the sixties.
Bulgarian DaDa #3. Varna.
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Handmade collage. 15x20cm/6x8inch. Made on 300 grams Fabriano aquarelpaper. Authentic old plan of Varna and other old images for instance from Moda; a 1959 fashion magazine.
Bulgarian DaDa #2. Burgas.
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Handmade collage. 15x20cm/6x8inch. Made in Plovdiv during my Bulgarian tour with found material in bookstalls.
Bulgarian DaDa #1. Plovdiv. (Bulgarian road trip)
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Handmade collage. 15x20cm/6x8inch. Made in Plovdiv-Bulgaria with old magazines and books from the fifties and sixties found on my trip.
All boys like Russian helicopters (Bulgarian road trip)
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Handmade collage. 15x20cm/6x8inch. Made from a cover from a fifties Russian magazine and five picture postcards from Moscow from the same period. In the left corner below a boy from a 1968 children’s book.
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All boys dream about Gagarin
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First collage made during my Bulgarian road trip. 15x20cm/6x8inch. With illustrations from a Russian children’s book from the sixties and a 1957 calendar. Books bought in the streets at bookstalls. Made in Sofia in the Hotel Slavyanska Beseda.
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