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Collage/Assemblage Centennial: 1912-2012 at the Ontological Museum
Exhibitions
Announcements and reviews of exhibitions that feature collage.
“The Thrill of the Hunt” at Pavel Zoubok Gallery
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A Big Decade for Little Scissors
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“ESH – Evil’s Rainbow” at Gallery AU
18 October-3 November 2012
Recognizing the potential of objects and images from his environment and giving them a new meaning is what Emir Šehanović does in his work.
Ayumi Yamaguchi at Caelum Gallery
9-27 October 2012
Ayumi Yamaguchi brings to the medium of collage Japanese precision that balances with aggressive hard-edged abstraction in a cubist vein.
“Collage at 100: Strange Glue, Traditional & Avant-Garde Collage” at Thompson Gallery at The Cambridge School of Weston
7 September-20 November 2012
“Strange Glue” assembles the work of more than 100 contemporary artists as it traces the transition from traditional to avant-garde approaches to papier collé.
“Transmitter/Receiver: The Persistence of Collage” at The New Art Gallery Walsall
4 May-30 June 2012
The title of this touring exhibition comes from the words of the French critic Nicholas Bourriaud: “We are no longer either passive receivers or authoritative cultural transmitters, but potentially both simultaneously.” It presents the work of 32 artists to illustrate some of the uses of “collage in British art from the first influences of the Parisian avant-garde” through the present day.
“Medley” at the Chicago Urban Art Society
11 May-16 June 2012
Described as “the age old novelty of collage or assemblage”, the works by 13 artists in CUAS’ new exhibition space use glue, tape, and other methods of adhesive to present different themes and aesthetic.
“Janice McDonald: Bounce” at Spark Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA
24 May-17 June 2012
“Bounce”, Janice McDonald’s new collages, “reworks the round” in an exploration of dot, pattern, and scale.
Four Artist Collage Exhibition at Espacio ON, Brussels, Belgium
15 June-15 July 2012
Espacio ON’s Ibán and Nacho present four artists’ subversive, critical, and humourous interpretation of collage.