Andrea Burgay’s Fictions series explores realms of remembrance, nostalgia, projection, and evolution.

The Brooklyn-based artist creates sculptural collages out of deconstructed paperbacks found at thrift stores or used book sales. These books, in genres such as science fiction, action/adventure, or romance, are chosen for a color or texture that resonates, or a title or phrase that attracts the eye.

In her studio, Burgay layers the books with collage elements, then repeatedly takes them apart and reassembles them into new forms. The result: a transformation that evokes both deterioration and regrowth.

These reimagined objects take on lives of their own, neglected and ignored stories mixing and pouring out of them. Some explode with color – others are eaten away, ravaged by time.