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Dave Laro at Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown
Exhibitions
Announcements and reviews of exhibitions that feature collage.
“Remix: Selections from the International Collage Center” at the Katonah Museum of Art
30 June-13 October 2013
REMIX weaves the narrative of collage through the history of modern and contemporary art. The exhibition features 100 artists, whose work utilizes “collage’s core conceptual traits” (heterogeneity, fragmentation, and appropriation) to address the circumstances of their times.
“There Are Women at the Gates Seeking a New World”: Elektra KB at BravinLee programs
22 May-28 June 2013
Elektra KB presents new works on paper, photography, and a selection of cloth pages of her 20 page, hand-sewn artist’s book. The pages of the book, each a sewn and embroidered felt collage, depict guerilla warfare in a mythological, semi-autobiographical world parallel to ours: a female rebel army revolting against the forces of a tyrannical police state.
Étienne Gélinas at Galerie St-Laurent + Hill
6-19 June 2013
Étienne Gélinas calls his work painting, but the work on view has clear collage elements, including sewing patterns, photos of gearing systems, architectural plans, anatomy drawings, and a form of technical drawing involving engraving in paste.
“Ecce Homo”: Celebration of Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt at Pavel Zoubok
6 June-19 July 2013
Pavel Zoubok Gallery presents a three-part exhibition celebrating the work of pioneering gay artist Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt (b. 1948)
“Robert Motherwell: Collage” at Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London
5 June-27 July 2013
Bernard Jacobson Gallery presents a comprehensive survey of collage work by American artist Robert Motherwell. This exhibition runs concurrently with “Robert Motherwell: The Early Collages” from the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, which is at the Venice Biennale.
“Recovered Poetry” at Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown
24 May-16 June 2013
“Recovered Poetry: Three Masters of Construction and Collage” presents the work of Varujan Boghosian, Edward Giobbi, and Elspeth Halvorsen, who, in their over-80 years of artmaking, have created international reputations for their unusual and transcendent art.
Elements of Collage at McGladrey Art Gallery, Charlestown, Massachusetts
4 February-14 June 2013
“Elements of Collage” focuses on diverse applications of collage by four artists who live and work in the Boston area: Robert Maloney, Brantner DeAtley, Kristin Texeira, and Katherine Romero.
“A Fable”: Yuki Katsura at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
6 April-9 June 2013
Yuki Katsura (1913-1991) was a pioneer among women artists. She had a solo exhibition of collage works in 1935. Her career of 60 years bridged the pre- and post-war periods. This exhibition, the first comprehensive survey of her work, is held in her native Tokyo to commemorate the centennial of her birth.
Joseph Montgomery at MASS MoCA
26 May 2013-7 April 2014
MASS MoCA presents the first solo exhibition of New York-based collage/assemblage artist and painter, Joseph Montgomery. The show focuses on work created between 2010 and 2013.