Some Collages

Jim Jarmusch, known for his independent cinema career, has produced hundreds of rarely seen collage art. Inspired by newspapers, he crafts each work by layering newsprints on cardstock. Doppelgänger Andy Warhols pose in a vast tunnel, Patty Hearst’s mugshots drift across Edwardian portraits, and a man’s identity is disguised with a coyote’s head. These small-scalem, notecard-size, pieces pay homage to the documentation medium and remind us that even mundane images can be reconfigured into funny, scary, and strange work.