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Amazing Advertisement 3: Consumption And Consumerism series, 2023 Collage On Canvas 27.5x39.6 in. | 70x100 cm.


            Media, Celebrities, and Identity: Look closer. The media’s   A Provocative Statement: Marta Dimitrescu’s collages are more
            fingerprints smudge the glass. Celebrities pose, their faces both   than art; they’re a manifesto. They beckon viewers to step off the
            mask and mirror. Dimitrescu asks: Who shapes our identities? Are   conveyor belt of consumerism, to pause and question. Like a splash
            we marionettes, strings pulled by billboards and Instagram feeds?   of cold water, they wake us from the dream of perpetual growth.
            She challenges us to reflect on our choices, our role as consumers,   And  in  that  awakening,  perhaps we  find a  path toward  mindful
            and the footprints we leave on this spinning globe.    existence. (The Editor / Petru Russu)
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