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Tiny Traps
Through 26 February 2016 at Spazio & in Bologna, Italy. The title refers to the “semantic traps” in Pasquale de Sensi’s collages. The images function as traps because their compositional structure is ordered, which encourages the viewer’s search for meaning. However, any attempt at interpretation leads to multiple searches spread amongst the various symbols in the work and their relationships with each other. MORE
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Just the Right Elements
In Kolaj #14, Steven M. Specht explores minimalist composition in contemporary collage. He writes, “Some collagists create complex works using multiple layers of dozens or scores of individual elements, whereas others utilize far fewer elements to create powerful and evocative compositions. In this article, I focus on minimalism in collage, meaning the use of only two or three elements.” MORE
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Teaching Collection Now at Kent State
Ohio’s Kent State University School of Art is the new location of the National Collage Society Teaching Collection. The Teaching Collection is part of the School of Art’s permanent collection, which includes over 4000 works of art. This article first appeared as a News & Notes item in Kolaj #14. To read more News & Notes from the world of collage, SUBSCRIBE to Kolaj Magazine or Get a Copy of the Issue. MORE
CALL TO ARTISTS
Upstream Gallery:
Paper Works 2016
Deadline: 28 May 2016. The Upstream Gallery announces its fourth juried works-on-paper exhibition, “Paper Works 2016”. Artists are invited to submit images of work-on-paper including collage, drawing, printmaking, etc. Photography is not included. (The gallery’s annual juried photography show is in February.) Upstream Gallery is located Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. MORE
COLLAGE ON VIEW
This Must Be the Place
Through 29 February 2016 at Kafka’s Coffee & Tea in Vancouver, British Columbia. Sarah Judge adopted an eclectic collection of vintage print media in which each collage begins from its original print format, she then creates collages by blending and bending imagery digitally. She approaches collage like a puzzle and finds the most satisfaction in creating a seamless composition in which the number of images used is not easily determined. “This Must Be the Place” is about building the world that you want to see. MORE
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KOLAJ #14
Kolaj Magazine is a quarterly, printed magazine about contemporary collage. We are interested in how collage is made, how collage is exhibited, and how collage is collected. We are interested in the role collage plays in contemporary visual culture. Kolaj is a full colour, internationally-oriented art magazine.
Nancy Goodman Lawrence, whose artist portfolio appears in the issue describes collage making. “I place shapes into grids, playing with space, weaving movement with stillness, flatness with depth, paint with graphite and collage, light with dark, playfulness with seriousness. I entertain myself with discovering the possibilities.” Kolaj #14 explores the problem of taxonomy, the joys of minimalism, the peacefulness of painterly collage; détournement as discourse; collage exhibitions, ‘zines, and books. There’s a new exhibition in print, news and notes with the latest news from the world of collage; artist portfolios; and much much more. Discover the possibilities!
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Kolaj Magazine is a quarterly, printed magazine about contemporary collage. We are interested in how collage is made, how collage is exhibited, and how collage is collected. We are interested in the role collage plays in contemporary visual culture. Kolaj is a full colour, internationally-oriented art magazine. Kolaj is published in Montreal, Quebec by Maison Kasini. Visit Kolaj Magazine online.
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