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Issue Four Editorial: One Year Later
Author: Christopher Byrne
“Urban Walls”: Joyce Hill at gallery 6 pdx, Portland
3 May-2 June 2013
Joyce Hill’s collage is richly layered with materials including photographs, texts, acrylic paint, and found bits of urban decay. She creates a sense of energy tinged with an urban loneliness while she deftly manipulates both composition and subject matter.
“The Other Kind”: Tony Fitzpatrick at Pierogi
26 April-26 May 2013
American artist Tony Fitzpatrick is a passionate storyteller conveying his tales across multiple media: as a playwright, a stage and film performer, a radio personality, and as a visual artist through his drawing collages and etchings. “The Other Kind” is Fitzpatrick’s fifth solo show at Pierogi.
James Gortner: “The Lovers” at Lyons Wier Gallery
2 May-1 June 2013
For the last two years, James Gortner has been developing a series of paintings based on his relationship with photographer Carolina Palmgren, the symbolism found in the Tarot, and his theories on artistic production. He starts with a constructed composition of other artists’ original works and paints on it.
Book Review: Modern Vintage Illustration by Martin Dawber
Published by Batsford in London in 2012, this 224 page book contains over 420 illustrations. Benoit Depelteau reviewed it for Kolaj in Issue Three.
“Medley: A Collage Group Show #2” at Chicago Urban Art Society
12 April-31 May 2013
The “Medley” series presents artists working within the genre of collage or assemblage, including artists working both in two and three dimensions. This exhibition encourages viewers to consider the notion that “What you think of collage can always change.”
Matt Bollinger at Zürcher Studio, New York
13 March-28 April 2013
American artist Matt Bollinger creates narrative collages using cut and pasted paper over which he applies paint to create his scenes. As gallerist Bernard Zürcher says, the work uses aggressive colour as a way to express intense emotion.
MACRO/MICRO-a conversation with David King
by Cory W. Peeke
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Gordon Magnin
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Mark Laliberte: “Cut Program” at Monastiraki
11 April-5 May 2013
Mark Laliberte says, “Collage is a gesture that applies pressure to today’s culture. By taking the formal images of the mainstream world and cutting into them, new versions of possibility take shape. Collage makes tomorrow possible now.”