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COLLAGE ON VIEW
En bonne compagnie
at Bradley Ertaskiran in Montreal, Quebec, Canada through 22 August 2020. A group exhibition that focuses on cooperation and community. A broad range of artists will exhibit and in turn extend an invitation to another artist whose work speaks to them. After a period of isolation and ongoing distance, the exhibition was developed around invitations that will offer a sense of closeness that has been missing over these past few months. MORE
COLLAGE COMMUNITIES
Atlanta Collage Society
Georgia, USA. In 2006, a small group formed the Atlanta Collage Society as an interactive and supportive organization for collage artists. The founders wanted to foster appreciation, interest, and understanding of collage within the general community. Today, they work to promote the medium of collage through professional development such as art exhibits, educational programs, instructional workshops, community outreach, and membership support. The collage here is Penitence by Society member Cynthia Frigon. MORE
FROM KOLAJ 29
Report from Warsaw
For Kolaj #29, Polish collage artist Marta Janik sent us a report about the “Collage Language” project taking place in Warsaw. The Collage Language project held several events between September and December 2019. In 2020, they started a series of monthly collage workshops and during the COVID-19 lockdown, they started making 10-minute videos of artists explaining their process. MORE
FROM THE ARTIST DIRECTORY
An Extra Dimension of Meaning
Antwerp, Belgium. Lebasille has a love for imagery of different worlds, eras, and ideals and her work plays with proportions, dialectic, and context. In her work a conversation occurs between current events and ideals, a social reality with an extra dimension of meaning or a layer of surrealism. The transformation of each individual image gives the viewer the opportunity to reinterpret the elements of her collage. MORE
KOLAJ LIVE ONLINE
Plagues, Monuments & Going Big with EveNSteve
TODAY! Saturday, July 25th, 2020. 2PM-EST/11AM-PST
When they were called to quarantine, artists EveNSteve made a six-panel artwork that combines in-camera collage with handwritten texts to explore the idea of plagues in history. As lockdown continued, they began to display art across the street from their home in a roadside hayfield. Kolaj LIVE Online presents a virtual tour of their outdoor art gallery and artist talk about their recent work. The event is also the book launch of A Wonderful Plague. Registered attendees will be sent a link to a 22-minute film about A Wonderful Plague. MORE INFO & REGISTER
KOLAJ LIVE ONLINE
Public Space, Street Art, and Collage: Kolaj Street Krewe
Thursday, July 30th, 2020.
7PM-EST/4PM-PST
What is the role of collage in street art? Artists present a history and contemporary survey and invite others to consider the art practice. During this time of COVID-19, society-at-large has embraced street art in ways they haven't before. Media outlets have celebrated the practice as a way of bringing art to the people during a time galleries and museums were closed. At its heart, putting art on the street is an intervention on the environment and this juxtaposition with space and place puts street art in direct dialogue with collage. MORE
PUBLICATION
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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The Kolaj LIVE Online Program Book is sent automatically to members of the Silver Scissors & Golden Glue Societies and those who join before August 15th, 2020. These special subscribers support the work of Kolaj Institute while receiving an item from Kolaj each month. LEARN MORE
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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CURRENT ISSUE
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
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.
