Intriguing collage work from Chile's Macay catches the eye and captures the imagination

Date
18 December 2012

Chilean artist Macarena Yañez (who goes by the name Macay) splits her time between collages and street murals but wherever she works her magic, a host of weird and wonderful scenes spring to life. It’s the former part of her portfolio I am particularly enamoured with and the artist describes her collages as focussing on “magical landscapes combined with surreal characters and repetitive patterns, all united by nature.” With a masters from Central St Martins she is clearly a serious talent but there’s a lightness to her image-making which gives it a real sense of fun and lets her create intriguing, absorbing pieces where things are not quite as they seem.

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Macay: Berlin

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Macay: Guy

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Macay: London 2010

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Macay: Santiago 2012

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Macay: Santiago 2012

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Macay: Santiago 2012

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Macay: Santiago 2012

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Macay: Santiago 2012

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Rob Alderson

Rob joined It’s Nice That as Online Editor in July 2011 before becoming Editor-in-Chief and working across all editorial projects including itsnicethat.com, Printed Pages, Here and Nicer Tuesdays. Rob left It’s Nice That in June 2015.

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