Works
Biography
Sammy Slabbinck renders dynamic original paper collages, combining found imagery with contemporary compositional styles. The images are cut up into pieces and redistributed, playing with exaggeration and proportions. Other times, the images are placed in a reverse context, juxtaposing modern ideals with traditional states of mind.
Sammy Slabbinck is a Belgian artist. His eye for muted tones and surreal compositions make his work engaging, memorable and sometimes humorous. He likes to play around with different styles and proportions with the aim of creating powerful yet simple visual works that are permeated by a subtle sense of humour.
Slabbinck's carefully composed images create startling juxtapositions and present new meanings through a masterful combination of completely heterogenous elements and a clever use of scale and form. An avid collector of magazines and books from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s, the artist takes full advantage of the muted tones and rich textures that he finds in his source material, namely vintage advertisements, photography and print.
Exhibitions
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SAMMY SLABBINCK
RE-ANIMATOR 3 Dec 2019 - 25 Jan 2020Unique collage by Sammy SlabbinckRead more -
Photo London 2019
Somerset House • Booth C1 16 - 19 May 2019Exhibited Artists: • Peter Beard • Cecil Beaton • Will Connell • Sian Davey • Eamonn Doyle • Lee Friedlander • Masahisa Fukase • Colin Jones • O. Winston Link...Read more -
SAMMY SLABBINCK
Surreality Check 1 - 22 Dec 2017Collage artist Sammy Slabbinck uses found photos from vintage magazines to create his unique artworksRead more
Video
News
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Sammy Slabbinck
Photo London: Featured Artist 16-19 May, 2019Photo London featured artist from Michael Hoppen Gallery, Booth C1, Sammy SlabbinckRead more -
Interviews By Sotheby's
Fine Jewels and the Surreal Collages of Sammy Slabbinck DEC 5, 2018Sammy Slabbinck commission for Sotheby's sale, interview.Read more -
SAMMY SLABBINCK
NEW Book & limited edition prints available June 22, 2017Sammy Slabbinck is a collage artist from Belgium. You can buy his book and prints on our site...Read more -
SAMMY SLABBINCK
Glühwein & mince pies at the gallery 12th DecemberPlease join us for a lovely event at the gallery and a chance to meet Belgian photo collage artist, Sammy SlabbinckRead more
Press
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SURREALITY CHECK. The new exhibition of the master of collage, Sammy Slabbinck
Steffi Fink , DNA, December 13, 2017 -
SAMMY SLABBINCK: SURREALITY CHECK
White Lies, December 8, 2017 -
Surreal Collages Revealing the Absurdity of Popular Culture
Kadish Morris, AnOther Magazine, December 4, 2017 -
"I sat down, but I almost fell off my chair"
Alexander Verstraete, De Redactie, November 21, 2016 -
A Belgian Artist’s Collages Come to Life and Trick the Eye
The New Yorker, December 14, 2015 -
How Copy + Paste Got Cool
Anna Jay, Refinery29 , December 4, 2015 -
Sammy Slabbinck: Fantastic collages made from mid-century issues of Paris Match and Playboy
Alex Hawkins, It's Nice that, December 2, 2015 -
Sammy Slabbinck: a modern Magritte
Lucy Davies, Telephoto online, November 30, 2015 -
Sammy Slabbinck: If Magritte had read womens magazines...
Lucy Davies, The Telegraph , November 28, 2015
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