Valery OisteanuValery Oisteanu Poet-Artist, Illustrator, Curator, Critic ... an artist-poet with deep roots in the avant-garde of the 20th century. His art is neither soundless nor still, but rather visual poetry with narratives in unfolding time, harmonious compostions that unite samples of memory through the histories of futurism, Dadaism and surrealism. Haunting, humorous and metaphysical, his collages communicate the inexplicable, the impossible and the sublime, exploring the subconscious domains of imagination at the edge of fantasy. Oisteanu has exhibited his art in New York and abroad and since 1973 has produced more than 40 original collage books. His creations can be found in many international permanent collections, and he was featured in John and Joan Digby's "The Collage Handbook," published by Thames & Hudson in 1985, where the authors noted: "...he uses both Dadaist and surrealist techniques, such as decollage, fummage and his own version of frontage, which he calls "rubbage"... Stimulated by media images, Oisteanu makes collages of photographic prints derived from video and television images... There is no new material to which he is not responsive and no form of collage that he has not attempted." Read More Read Less