Sparkasse By Matthew Rose

'Sparkasse' means "savings bank" in German. Based on a collage first exhibited in Berlin at Galerie Rossella Junck, Sparkasse opens up a narrative of proposal and sexuality, possibility and Saturnalian deceit.

A generous take-off on Picasso's 1907 Demoiselles d'Avignon, here the prostitutes are ourselves, and the offering is flowers and flowing milk (arriving and departing) under a strange, other-world sky. Sparkasse is part of a 20-piece collage suite from A Kick In The Kunst.

Matthew Rose's work has recently been featured in COLLAGE, published by Black Dog Publishing (UK), September 2008.