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Endless Summer: Nostalgic mosaics made from pieces of vintage magazines

Were the summers of yesteryear more glorious than the ones we enjoy today? That's the interesting question posed by Greek artist Charis Tsevis who loves to tear up vintage magazines and create nostalgic mosaics of summery scenes.

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Six children sitting by a pool, created entirely from colourful torn pieces of vintage magazine pages and advertisements

The visual designer takes photographs and advertisements from the printed media of the '50s and '60s – a period of time when summers were perceived as particularly great – and creates layered artworks that adhere to that common perception. However, he likes to consider whether those days truly were that wonderful.

He ponders: "Was the world really better back then? Or do we just tend to forget the problems of the past? Summery scenes created from parts of vintage ads and ephemera. This is the image that we have from the past. An image always brighter, always distorted from the advertising, the cinema, the nostalgia."

To discover more of Charis's work, visit www.tsevis.com.

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A circular collage of torn magazine pieces in bright yellows, reds, pinks and blues arranged in a radiating pattern, creating a vibrant summery composition by Charis Tsevis
Collage mosaic of a figure floating horizontally above a landscape, composed of torn pieces from vintage magazines in shades of blue, green, yellow and orange
Mosaic portrait of a smiling woman wearing a red hat and holding a parrot, composed entirely from torn pieces of blue and colourful vintage magazine pages and advertisements
Collage portrait of a shirtless young man standing against a golden-yellow vertical line, constructed entirely from fragments of vintage magazine pages and circuit boards in blue, green, yellow, red and neutral tones
Colourful mosaic artwork made from torn pieces of vintage magazines and advertisements arranged to create an abstract face in warm tones of red, orange and yellow, surrounded by cooler blues and purples
Collage artwork of two children under a colourful beach umbrella, created from torn pieces of vintage magazines and advertisements in warm and cool tones
Collage artwork by Charis Tsevis depicting two figures in summer attire stacked on shoulders against a vibrant blue background made from torn pieces of vintage magazines and advertisements.
Three figures in colourful swimwear run along a beach, composed entirely from torn pieces of vintage magazine pages in shades of blue, orange and yellow
Colourful mosaic artwork made from torn pieces of vintage magazine pages and advertisements arranged to create an abstract summery composition
Smiling vintage-style portrait face composed of layered torn pieces from 1950s and 60s magazines in warm and cool tones, surrounded by blue monetary notes and ephemera
Colourful mosaic composed of torn pieces from vintage magazines in shades of red, pink, yellow and orange, arranged to create an abstract summery composition by Charis Tsevis
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