mosaicos de papel

English translation: paper mosaics

18:02 Mar 8, 2016
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
Spanish term or phrase: mosaicos de papel
From a text about a Uruguayan artist:

El artist incorporó tempranamente atributos de la sastrería a sus emotivas y despojadas piezas. Son una silenciosa reminiscencia de su abuelo, a propósito de su padecimiento durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial; su oficio de sastre le valió sobrevivir en un campo de concentración nazi. El artista, que luego vio a su padre y tío compartiendo igual profesión, tomó para sí la presencia de las formas y materiales de sus mayores para transmutarlos en poéticas obras. Aún cuando los trazos en tinta, marcas sobre “mosaicos” de papeles, telas plegadas, remiten a moldes básicos y a la producción artesanal de prendas, las incisiones y líneas en estampas y objetos, las imágenes de las impresiones digitales, aparecen como un mapa de un dramática historia, familiar y colectiva, que quizá nunca puede terminar de ser “cosida”.


This seems to be a specific use of "mosaico".

Thanks
Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 06:54
English translation:paper mosaics
Explanation:
don't see it any more complicated than that....

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or: mosaics made of paper

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in a figurative sense: mosaics of paper

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problem could be with "papeles"
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David Hollywood
Local time: 06:54
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thanks
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1paper mosaics
David Hollywood
4montages of paper
neilmac


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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
paper mosaics


Explanation:
don't see it any more complicated than that....

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Note added at 7 mins (2016-03-08 18:10:43 GMT)
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or: mosaics made of paper

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Note added at 10 mins (2016-03-08 18:13:47 GMT)
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in a figurative sense: mosaics of paper

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Note added at 11 mins (2016-03-08 18:14:34 GMT)
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problem could be with "papeles"

David Hollywood
Local time: 06:54
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 28
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thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: "... frames over mosaics of paper and folded fabrics..."
22 mins
  -> thanks Neil
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
montages of paper


Explanation:
Montage: a work of art that is made up of several different kinds of things (such as strips of newspaper, pictures, or pieces of wood) / a mixture of different things.

So, if you're not keen on "mosaic", this might also work (... "... montages of paper and folded fabrics...")

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Another option might be "collage"...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiIoiVkv3ik

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collage


    Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/montage
neilmac
Spain
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