Argentinean Collage Artist Creates Strange Portraits Using Vintage Illustrations  

Collage art that uses material from old magazines, encyclopedias, and illustration books is always interesting to see. Especially when it’s unusual as the one Argentinean collage artist MUMI creates. 

MUMI uses cutouts from vintage prints to create strange and often surreal portraits. The way she combines illustrations of flowers, organs, animals, objects, and faces is quite fascinating, and you can hardly take your eyes off her pieces.

The longer you look, the artwork becomes more intriguing and bizarre. You discover subtle details and peculiar ways that different layers interact with each other.

According to MUMI, she enjoys the fact that making collages is an “organic process” that allows her to express her creativity in the best way possible.

“There are endless possibilities when I cut an image,” she explained in a recent interview. “I take it out of its context, its direct meaning, or its origin, and I give it a new surreal environment.”

MUMI shares her artworks on Instagram, where she has close to 50K followers. The artist also runs a webshop on which she sells the prints of her creations. You can check out more of them on her social media or by scrolling down and discovering our favorites.