This surreal collage reimagines Two Ways of Life (1857) by Oscar Gustav Rejlander, a groundbreaking work of photographic art known as one of the first photomontages. Originally exploring the moral fork between vice and virtue, the image is now thrust into a surreal landscape of disjointed global cityscapes and framed by ornamental flora. Victorian ideals clash with modern visual chaos—an elegant tug-of-war between old world order and new world illusion.
This surreal collage reimagines Two Ways of Life (1857) by Oscar Gustav Rejlander, a groundbreaking work of photographic art known as one of the first photomontages. Originally exploring the moral fork between vice and virtue, the image is now thrust into a surreal landscape of disjointed global cityscapes and framed by ornamental flora. Victorian ideals clash with modern visual chaos—an elegant tug-of-war between old world order and new world illusion.
Part print lab, part time machine, part treasure hunt, Press Play mixes original works, adapted prints, and a deep curatorial dive through dusty archives in search of forgotten gems and visual oddities from art history’s fringes. Some are entirely our own invention; others are collaborations across centuries.
Art that’s smart, strange, a little subversive—and tastefully irreverent.
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