Case study 06 / 16Mixed media collage series2022

Cuttings

A collage series about leaving home, mental health, falling in love and the uncertainty of early adulthood.

Six mixed-media works from the Cuttings collage series arranged in a grid.
01Collage series overview

Cuttings was a mixed media collage series exploring leaving home, mental health, falling in love and the uncertainty of early adulthood.

Medium
Mixed media collage
Exhibition
Fresh Cut, All Day Art Fete
Presented by
Nrtya and Social
Venue
Mount Road Social, Chennai / 22 November 2022
01

A period of change

Created during a particularly chaotic period in Rhea's life, the works document a time of rapid change, growth and self-discovery.

Through fragmented imagery and collage, the series reflects the emotional contradictions of that period: disorientation and excitement, vulnerability and independence, and the gradual process of finding a sense of self.

Three small figures with long coloured shadows face a fragmented structure in A Step Back.
02A Step Back
Blue, pink and ochre painted fragments form a sparse abstract structure in The Idea of Home.
03The Idea of Home
Layered blue, purple and pink cut-paper forms with scattered raindrops in The Lightness of Stormy Weather.
04The Lightness of Stormy Weather
Painted and collaged fragments arranged across a pale ground in New Unexpected Journey.
05New Unexpected Journey