Vegetation and Hybrid Figures Entwine in Winnie Truong’s Mythical Collaged Drawings



“Mothercraft” (2022), drawing and reduce paper collage on panel, 20 x 16 inches. All photographs © Winnie Truong, courtesy of VIVIANEART, shared with permission

Canadian artist Winnie Truong recontextualizes the modern, piecey qualities of human hair in her cut-paper collages. Constructed in layers inside rectangular frames, the surreal works make the most of the tender texture to depict flowers, vegetation, and unusual anthropomorphic figures with elongated fingers and faces obscured by physique elements or environment. Each bit is rooted in Truong’s drawing observe, and the coloured pencil renderings add depth to the legendary compositions.

An extension of her two-dimensional works, these dioramas equally discover the connection between girls and nature. Most of the hybrid figures are entangled with foliage and their very own anatomies, positioning conventional understandings of magnificence alongside disorienting and extra implausible types.

Go to Truong’s Instagram for extra of her latest works and a glimpse into her course of.

“Yellow Wallpaper and Scarlet Vipers” (2021), drawing and reduce paper collage on panel, 20 x 16 inches

“Lilies within the Lavatory” (2021), drawing and reduce paper collage on panel, 20 x 16 inches

“Twin Letdown” (2021), drawing and reduce paper collage on panel, 24 x 18 inches

“Eyes at Nightfall” (2022), drawing and reduce paper collage on panel, 24 x 20 inches

“Distal Edges” (2021), drawing and reduce paper collage on panel

“Light Snares” (2021), drawing and reduce paper collage on panel, 20 x 16 inches

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