Michael Ginsborg has made collage for over thirty years. He uses it as a way of disrupting the formal narratives of abstraction, juxtaposing elements that have different origins and histories. He is an inveterate collector of scraps and remnants, gathering things that have been overlooked and have no value to anyone except himself. Whilst he may choose something without a specific outcome in mind, there is an ever-present fantasy of the role it might play in generating images. The materials range from discarded packaging and photographic images, to things he has made. Assembling and re-assembling these elements over long periods of time Ginsborg dates his work at the point of completion. He uses collage as a way of registering his passage in the world, giving form to his memory of place and his relationship with time. By incorporating the unpredictable, and working on the edge of intention, Ginsborg generates meanings that question the nature of recognition. Prices £375 to £950
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