{"id":4477,"date":"2015-12-21T08:53:41","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T13:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=4477"},"modified":"2015-12-21T08:53:41","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T13:53:41","slug":"artist-portfolio-paul-elter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/articles\/artist-portfolio-paul-elter\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist Portfolio: Paul Elter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4478\" src=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/posers-and-wannabes-by-paul-elter.jpg\" alt=\"posers-and-wannabes-by-paul-elter\" width=\"700\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/posers-and-wannabes-by-paul-elter.jpg 700w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/posers-and-wannabes-by-paul-elter-300x228.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/posers-and-wannabes-by-paul-elter-600x455.jpg 600w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/posers-and-wannabes-by-paul-elter-560x425.jpg 560w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/posers-and-wannabes-by-paul-elter-260x197.jpg 260w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/posers-and-wannabes-by-paul-elter-160x121.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Artist Portfolio: Paul Elter<\/h1>\n<p>Born in Kitchener, Ontario to European parents, Paul Elter&#8217;s life as a first-generation Canadian has influenced and, ultimately, reflected back into the work he creates. The results are expressive, disjointed, raw and questioning.<\/p>\n<p>A portfolio of Paul Elter\u2019s work appears in <a href=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/issues\/kolaj-14\" target=\"_blank\">KOLAJ #14<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To see the complete Artist Portfolio, <a href=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_blank\">SUBSCRIBE<\/a> to <em>Kolaj Magazine<\/em> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kolajmagazine.com\/shop.html\" target=\"_blank\">Get a Copy of the Issue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4479\" src=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-dirty-and-the-clean-by-paul-elter.jpg\" alt=\"the-dirty-and-the-clean-by-paul-elter\" width=\"700\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-dirty-and-the-clean-by-paul-elter.jpg 700w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-dirty-and-the-clean-by-paul-elter-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-dirty-and-the-clean-by-paul-elter-600x449.jpg 600w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-dirty-and-the-clean-by-paul-elter-560x419.jpg 560w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-dirty-and-the-clean-by-paul-elter-260x195.jpg 260w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-dirty-and-the-clean-by-paul-elter-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>\u201cThese paintings, combining abstraction and representation, are based upon the collage &#8216;maquettes&#8217; constructed from the detritus of a shopping culture\u2013reassembled into new, distinct forms that function as actors on a stage. \u201d<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4480\" src=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/atomic-and-showtime-by-paul-elter.jpg\" alt=\"atomic-and-showtime-by-paul-elter\" width=\"700\" height=\"874\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/atomic-and-showtime-by-paul-elter.jpg 700w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/atomic-and-showtime-by-paul-elter-300x375.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/atomic-and-showtime-by-paul-elter-600x749.jpg 600w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/atomic-and-showtime-by-paul-elter-560x699.jpg 560w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/atomic-and-showtime-by-paul-elter-260x325.jpg 260w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/atomic-and-showtime-by-paul-elter-160x200.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A portfolio of Paul Elter\u2019s work appears in <a href=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/issues\/kolaj-14\" target=\"_blank\">KOLAJ #14<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To see the complete Artist Portfolio, <a href=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_blank\">SUBSCRIBE<\/a> to <em>Kolaj Magazine<\/em> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kolajmagazine.com\/shop.html\" target=\"_blank\">Get a Copy of the Issue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Elter lives in Chelsea, Quebec. He is listed in the <a href=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/paul-elter\" target=\"_blank\">Kolaj Magazine Artist Directory<\/a>. More of Elter\u2019s work can be seen on his website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elter.ca\" target=\"_blank\">www.elter.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Image (top):<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Posers &amp; Wannabes<\/em><br \/>\n36\u2033x48\u2033; oil paint on plywood; 2006<\/p>\n<p><strong>Image (centre):<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>The Dirty &amp; The Clean<\/em><br \/>\n36\u2033x48\u2033; oil paint on plywood; 2010<\/p>\n<p><strong>Image (bottom):<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Atomic and Showtime<\/em> by Paul Elter<br \/>\noil paint on plywood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist Portfolio: Paul Elter Born in Kitchener, Ontario to European parents, Paul Elter&#8217;s life as a first-generation Canadian has influenced and, ultimately, reflected back into the work he creates. The results are expressive, disjointed, raw and questioning. A portfolio of&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/articles\/artist-portfolio-paul-elter\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-collage-artists","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/posers-and-wannabes-by-paul-elter.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2QTD7-1ad","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4258,"url":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/articles\/paul-loughney\/","url_meta":{"origin":4477,"position":0},"title":"Paul Loughney","author":"Christopher Byrne","date":"31 October 2015","format":"gallery","excerpt":"Artist Portfolio: Paul Loughney A portfolio of Paul Loughney\u2019s work appears in KOLAJ #13. 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