But Inge Jacobsen's work makes the point in a different way. She has stitched through the glossy covers of fashion magazines including Vogue.
She describes this as 'intervening', saying: 'My practice is about intervening into found images through embroidery, cutting, and collaging. The images I use are mostly from women’s fashion magazines, pornographic images, and newspapers.
'My main concern as an artist is how one responds to the mass of imagery in the world. I am particularly interested in exploring the different contexts in which photography can be used. I like to stray from the conventional perceptions of what photography can and can’t be.
'With the over saturation of images, my practice seeks to intervene in this overwhelming consumption from the mass produced and alter it to create something unique.'
I absolutely adore this idea of taking something 'out there' and mass-produced and altering it, or upcycling it, to make something new and individual.
See Inge Jacobsen's website here
