Fragments of animals, trees and human faces come together in this series of surreal collages from multidisciplinary artist Sergei Sviatchenko. Sourcing material from his own photography, the Ukraine-born, Denmark-based collagist splices Soviet landscapes with contemporary motifs from rock culture and avant-garde cinema. The visual remixes will soon debut alongside Sviatchenko’s collected paintings in For Light and Memory, the first comprehensive survey of his work at Gestalten Space in Berlin. “It’s my personal photo archive,” he explains, “the whole period of my life, including my very strict education and the hippie movement.” Having been featured in publications including Dazed & Confused, It’s Nice That and Elephant, Sviatchenko is also the proprietor of Close Up and Private, a cult style blog documenting preppy, minimalist menswear from across the globe. “I noticed the blogging culture and just wanted to participate,” admits the artist, who uses the site to propagate clever, manifesto-like statements such as “Serge Gainsbourg looked smart in a trench coat and so do you,” and “Cherish a good relationship with your parents.” This week, the polymath turned the ongoing project into a printed edition, launching the super-sized Close Up And Private #01: The Yellow Issue in collaboration with Florence’s leading menswear tradeshow Pitti Immagine Uomo.