Fish on Target Collage by Julie Dermansky, 1993 iris as it was believed that

as it was believed that wearing bright colors both brought favors from the gods and warded away evil spirits

someone at some point took care to re-purpose the pair of figures

(More about Islamic embroidery here

and most definitely it was made quite some time ago with a great deal of care--the wire stitching alone on this piece is quite a spectacular thing: carefully braided along one edge of the bristles

painted on all sides with a number of different red doors

Fish on Target Collage by Julie Dermansky, 1993 iris as it was believed thatI found this collage at the flea market and really loved the juxtaposition of the cutout fish (I believe painted on photo paper, with these great lightening bolt like gills) and the target to which it is glued, not knowing anything about J. Dermansky. I've since figured out that the J. stands for Julie, and that the artist, who created many collages in a similar vein early in her career, is now well known as a photojournalist and activist, including