“Transmitter/Receiver: The Persistence of Collage” at The New Art Gallery Walsall

Transmitter/Receiver: The Persistence of Collage

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. The over 50 works from the 1930s to today include traditional collage on paper, as well as painting, sculpture, film, and slide projections drawn from the Arts Council Collection and explores “how collage has arguably become the default medium of the twenty-first century.” Visitors to the exhibition can take away labels for selected works to collage into the exhibition catalogue.

The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
4 May-30 June 2012
www.thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk