Collages 2020-2022 by Nico Krijno ribbed childlike play: disorientating and fantastical

childlike play: disorientating and fantastical

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Collages 2020-2022 by Nico Krijno ribbed childlike play: disorientating and fantasticalOn paper, a book may seem a peculiar object to accommodate Nico Krijnos work. By virtue of its form, a book is finite, a neat vessel that lends itself to those narratives with a beginning and end. Krijnos work, however, is not finite; it has no resolution or discernible moments that can be easily pointed at, bound and labelled. And neither does it ebb or flow in tidy rhythms but accumulates, constantly and relentlessly. If anything, Krijnos work feels