Marni collaborates with Ruth van Beek on collage-inspired fashion capsule

Dutch artist Ruth van Beek (born 1977, Zaandam) is known for her refined cut-and-paste practice blending irony and surrealism, creating visual micro-architectures through overlapping, juxtaposition, and formal remodulation. Her work incorporates fragments of photographs that become sculptures, newspaper clippings, old family photos, exotic plants, fruits, landscapes, and archives of common forms and personal memories, all recombined with delicacy and a taste for enchantment. For its Spring/Summer 2017 capsule collection, fashion brand Marni collaborated with van Beek, resulting in a series of printed cotton jersey T-shirts and tops, poplin shirts, PVC shopping bags, and windbreakers. Through cuts, folds, and unusual juxtapositions, the garments create multilayered images. Pastel colors are consistently used, alongside references to nature and decorative grafts between geometric and floral motifs. The collection is described as a gallery of refined creations that become small wearable artworks, available at Marni boutiques and on marni.com.