Vintage mixed media photographic by Jaya Sugberg, Germany 1980s

Artist Jaya was born in 1956 in Hagen, Germany. In 1980 she came to the walled city of Berlin and immediately felt at home there, as if in a completely different universe. Jaya felt excited and encouraged as soon as she stepped out onto the street. Everything resonates, the sick and neglected spoke her language. Jaya had a good feel for the city. The eighties were a celebration for Jaya, with DAF, Joy Division, The Cure and many others. All this sought space, sought expression. From an early age, Jaya soaked up everything she heard and saw, and she captured everything with her camera. Initially as a collage journal; especially when life hurts. But at some point, Jaya had to push the boundaries of the book cover to develop something bigger. The elaborate, surrealistic collages that emerged as works of art reflected her feelings: brash, intense and imaginative. Attractive people, especially women, and the wonderful encounters in the game with the camera became expressions of the Jaya Suberg mixed media works. This object is beautiful, a lady in an empty factory…. in fact it gives you all the possibilities and directions to think. Beautiful and unique work.