Collages by Marcel Odenbach

Odenbach’s process of creating one of his collages begins by working from a huge archive of historical images, where he meticulously scours for sources from mostly newspaper and magazine clippings as well as pages from history books. He selects appropriate images to accompany his chosen theme, copies them onto watercolour paper and dyes them with carefully selected colours. With immense detail he then cuts out and pastes small collage elements onto an outlined paper support, ultimately forming the entirety of the image.

Source: this review of exhibition “Probeliegen” at The Freud Museum, 2011

He also works in film, often using two frames at once - for instance ‘In Still Waters Crocodiles Lurk’ 2002/2004