Anna Fine Foer

Artist Statement

Anachronistic is a word that fits much of my work. Digital technology allows me to manipulate and reproduce images to construct a collage made in a traditional way; constructed with cut paper and adhesive and plays with distortions between visual perspective and surface image.
I exploit this combination of the ultra modern and the old by placing images of new technological devices or practices in ancient or historic settings; a commentary about the state of “civilization”.

Recurring motifs in my work include scientific discoveries, technology, alternative energy, location, and natural or unnatural disasters, though my output cannot be categorized in terms of specific subject matter; instead, it is my underlying approach and aesthetic that represents the unifying element. When I have an idea, I make many sketches to discover the best way to convey the idea and then search for the images to incorporate into a collage.

My work has more than one story to tell. I may be both trying to describe the curve of the earth on a flat piece of paper and using collaged images to blur boundaries between the natural and the manufactured/technological world, representing simultaneously land, sky, water and architecture.