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Redesigned and Alienated
Berlin, Germany. Denis Kollasch's new series of artwork focuses on experiments with folded paper. In the series “Sails on board” folds replace and complement the sails of the ships and make them appear three-dimensional. In the series “Kollaschs Tierleben”, the bases are pages of illustrations from animal paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries, which Kollasch has redesigned and alienated in terms of content, meaning, or humor. MORE
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Postcards to Brattleboro: 40 Years of Mail Art
At Brattleboro Museum & Art Center in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA through 14 October 2020. The exhibition features postcards, cut-outs, drawings, and poems sent and received over nearly 50 years by Stuart Copans, known in the mail art world as “Shmuel”, including mail art from Copans to fellow mail artist and exhibition curator Chuck Welch (“CrackerJack Kid”) and items Copans received from Kandy Phillips, Walt Evans, Julie Hagan Bloch, John Bennett, Jazzy Lupa, Peter Dudley, Andrea Jay, and Ryosuke Cohen. The items are drawn from Copans’ extensive mail art archive, estimated to include over 25,000 artifacts. MORE
COLLAGE ON VIEW
Landscapes of My Life
Peter Hutchinson at DeCordova Sculpture Park & Museum, Foster Galleries in Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA through 1 September 2020. The exhibition introduces Hutchinson’s original approach to photo-conceptualism called Narrative Art, revealing his understated, playful wit and prioritization of subjective experience. Recent works on view underscore his poetic appreciation of nature through photo-collages of fantastical landscapes that combine images from his extensive world travels and beloved garden in Provincetown, Massachusetts. MORE
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Dorothy Hood: Collages
At McClain Gallery in Houston, Texas, USA through 29 August 2020. Dorothy Hood’s (1918-2000) collages and paintings combine color field techniques with painterly abstraction. The pictorial space and visual fissures of her large-scale paintings and works on paper recall a profound mind scape that echoes her early Surrealist influences from her time spent in Mexico in the 1940s-1960s. Having moved back to Houston in 1962, the impact of the Space Age and the fathoms of the cosmos were a further profound influence on Hood’s paintings. A trove of Hood’s lesser-known collages, rich in material experimentation, reveals a more intimate look at the artist’s process and inspirations. MORE
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Kolaj LIVE Online & Fundraising Exhibition Launch
Sunday, July 19th, 2020
7PM-EST / 4PM-PST
At this virtual launch, Kolaj Magazine Editor Ric Kasini Kadour will speak about how Kolaj LIVE Online came to be. We will see a preview of the series and have a tour of the Kolaj Institute's Fundraising Exhibition to support the organization's residencies, publications, fellowships, and traveling programs. The artwork on sale benefits both the artist and the organization. MORE
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Tales from the Bayou: Kolaj Fest New Orleans
Monday, July 20th, 2020
7PM-EST / 4PM-PST
A Virtual Reunion of Kolaj Fest New Orleans and Collage Storytelling Hour. While the 2020 edition of Kolaj Fest New Orleans is on hold, Tales from the Bayou is a chance to come together in virtual reunion. Rosie Schinners, Danielle Cole, Sarah Cowling, Ben DiNino, Kevin Sampsell, Paloma Trecka, and Christopher Kurts will share stories about attending Kolaj Fest New Orleans. Those who attended Kolaj Fest New Orleans in the past and those curious about the event are invited to attend and share their experience and questions. MORE
COLLAGE COMMUNITIES
Collage Crew
London, England, United Kingdom
The Collage Crew’s goal is to cultivate a relaxed and friendly environment where you can experiment and learn collage techniques whilst sipping a wine or two. They had to put their in-person workshops on hold during the pandemic. But they have begun releasing a series of videos online that they’re calling “Lockdown Sessions”. These one minute videos are quick tutorials based on themes like “Textures,” “Grids,” and “Silhouettes.” MORE
Each issue of Kolaj Magazine is dedicated to reviewing and surveying contemporary collage with an international perspective. We are interested in collage as a medium, a genre, a community, and a 21st century art movement.
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Kolaj LIVE Online Program Book
The Kolaj LIVE Online Program Book is your guide to the event. The 62-page book includes in-depth descriptions of the fourteen Kolaj LIVE Online events along with biographies of the presenters and institutional partners. The book serves as the catalog for the Kolaj Institute Fundraising Exhibition. It also comes with four starter collages to participate in the Collage Castell activity, a cat-themed Cut Out Page for the Cat & Paste Workshop, and a commentary about the creation of the event. MORE
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Our goal with every issue is that Kolaj Magazine is essential reading for anyone interested in the role of contemporary collage in art, culture, and society. Kolaj #29 reports on collage in this critical moment of world history.
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KOLAJ #29
In the magazine: One of David Crunelle's lenticular collage is on the cover. Articles talk about the 'Cool Zone' of history; award winning collage; a new publishing project; how collage artists are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic; a report from Warsaw, Poland; going big with murals; an exhibition of Max Ernst collages; a profile of Amsterdam-based collagist Bob Bunck; and a Cut Out Page by Aylmer, Quebec artist Louise Héroux. Andrea Burgay and Clive Knights continue their conversation about excavation as a metaphor for ideas. And we have artist portfolios from Vancouver, Canada; Saugerties, New York; Tucson, Arizona; Mexico City, Mexico; and San Francisco, California. MORE
