Gretchen Bierbaum
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Gretchen Bierbaum STATEMENT Many artists create a narrative and then follow through with collage pieces to create a mixed media piece of art. I have an opposite “shotgun” approach and start by being inspired by the materials, without any preconception of theme or narrative. I collect found objects and many different pieces of paper. I use E6000 glue for heavier pieces and PVA glue for paper. Because of my random selection of collage pieces, my collages do not have one style or create a “body of work.” BIO Gretchen Bierbaum, B.A., M.A., Kent State University, is the founder and President of the non-profit National Collage Society, (NCS, Inc), an art foundation with 15 regional groups and artists in 6 different countries. NCS is dedicated to teaching the public about collage through lectures, exhibits and publications. Gretchen teaches collage workshops nationally and specializes in image transfer. She is the author of Collage in All Dimensions, a book about the history of collage as the only new fine art medium of the 20th Century. Her second book with the same title, has a subtitle “Techniques to Alter and Transfer Images”. She has edited 30 catalogs for each of NCS’s annual juried collage exhibits since 1984. All NCS publications can be purchased in the online bookstore located on NCS’s website HERE. As an artist, she has collages in the permanent collections of three museums, many private collections in the USA and three other countries. ARTIST CONTACT [click to email] IMAGES
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