Wild Card Collection III

Series 0/20
47 cm x 44 cm
Satin Photopaper Fine Art print
Black frame, museum glass

The Wild Card Collection consist out of a collage made of 35 Wild Cards. The artist came in the possession of a collection of around 3000 Joker playing cards and made a selection for this created collage-work.

A wild card also known as the Joker in card games is one that may be used to represent any other playing card, sometimes with certain restrictions. The Joker is a special card that was created at the end of the 19th century, it was only introduced in the Netherlands in 1909.