Surreal images form the landscape of the collagiste works from Hope Kroll.




Begin by dissecting old books, gleaning from them their pictures of birds and insects, obsolete machinery and outdated surgical procedures. Collagiste Hope Kroll combines these images to create a nightmarish world inspired by the likes of Hieronymus Bosch, Peter Bruegel, Henry Darger, Joseph Cornell and Terry Gilliam all permeated by the ghoulish humor of Edward Gorey and still you will not come close to describing this first internet exhibition from Hope Kroll.

Her work is almost a new genre. Stories with images are brought to a higher form as they disturb and delight while they invoke fond memories and awaken dark fears.


Opening December 15, 2007. Triangle Gallery, San Francisco to feature 12 new works from Hope Kroll.



Photograph of Hope Kroll
courtesy of Vincent Versace.