Mata Hari (84-86) Berlin

Mixed Media Works

Silk to Marble Series

Beautiful Dreamer Series II and III

Performance and Installations

Portrait Painter Performances

Paintings

Belles De Jours Paintings

Living Environment

Images:

1. Beautiful Dreamer II. 83-84. / In collection museum Ludwig 2. Mata Hari & The Stolen Potatoes - visual art band. 3. Mata Hari billboard : 8 x 8 ft m mixed media - 84. 4.There is a New Girl in town. 5. Silk to marble series. 6. Video installation - Venice Biennale. 7. Beautiful deamer series III. 8. Mata Hari and the Stolen Potatoes. 9. Mixed media painting. 10. Painted photo

Mata Hari

"Indeed, Berlin became the stage upon which Colette Launched, in 1984, a new series under the guise of "Mata Hari", a project that included a Visual Band, billboards around the city (harkening back to earlier streetworks), and other exhibitions...

Alan Jones

excerpts from Arts Magazine, April 91

Mata Hari and the Stolen Potatoes

painted photo, Berlin 100x150cm 1986


Fragment from Art on Stage. 4 x 6 ft., mixed media.	Fragment from Art on Stage. 4 x 6 ft., mixed media.

Fragment from Art on Stage. 4 x 6 ft., mixed media.	Fragment from Art on Stage. 4 x 6 ft., mixed media.

Photo Album

Mata Hari and the Stolen Potatoes

Silk to Marble Series


From Silk to Marble one of 36 images - 3 ft x 6ft	Painted photos from Silk to Marble - 20 " x 30"

"With an empty canvas- a white sheet - various recognizable forms recorded in the history of art and fashion are recreated. The sheet is transformed continuously from garment, to sculpture, from specific refrences to more abstract and infinite variations inspired by its original source. Thus the familiar images created throughout centuries and culture with cloth, such as egyptian, Greek, Romans styles as French Revolution, the Victorian Era, up to our present time, help tableaux, the important role of drapery in religion, rituals, and ceremonial acts is also taken in consideration, as well as the simple act of dressing up, reminiscent of child playing with a sheet, fantasizing endless roles and situations. "

From Silk to Marble - about the series, exhibition at Kunstlerhaus Bathanien 1984