{"id":529471,"date":"2026-07-07T11:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T11:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/529471\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T11:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T11:48:11","slug":"forget-found-materials-anais-odoux-is-colouring-each-piece-of-her-constructivist-collages-by-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/529471\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget found materials, Ana\u00efs Odoux is colouring each piece of her constructivist collages by hand"},"content":{"rendered":"

French art director and illustrator Ana\u00efs Odoux\u2019s<\/a> practice is entirely analogue. The artist creates collages by hand with just two tools: coloured pencils and paper. Upon a first look at Ana\u00efs\u2019 works it\u2019s hard to get your head around the fact that they all start as tiny shards of thick grainy paper that she delicately carves colour gradients into before each puzzle piece finds its perfect composition. The seamless but laborious process is above everything a delicate celebration of colour and form.<\/p>\n

The artist\u2019s favourite subjects to compose with this technique are edible scenes like club sandwiches<\/a> or croissants<\/a>, beautiful fashion accessories<\/a> and other still life<\/a> arrangements. \u201cMy subjects are figurative but always with an abstraction part because of my process,\u201d the illustrator says. \u201cI make particular gradients on each piece of paper in order to play with shadows and light in my drawings.\u201d This understanding of colour and tone is what gives the pieces their depth, but it\u2019s not detail or realism that Anais is always chasing, \u201cotherwise I would lose the abstract part that I love,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

It might not be surprising to hear that Ana\u00efs has long been in love with the work of Henri Matisse, but the artist has recently discovered American painter Shirley Jaffe\u2019s work and found a lot of inspiration in her interpretation of abstraction: \u201cshe was less well known to the general public, yet she has done wonders,\u201d says Ana\u00efs. \u201cI love her work. I\u2019m a big fan of abstract art and modern art in general.\u201d Up until now, Ana\u00efs has only been creating her abstracted collages as fixed images, but she\u2019s been delving into stop motion of late \u2013 cutting down apples to their core<\/a> and constructing handbags<\/a> with games of collage Tetris.<\/p>\n