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COLLAGE ON VIEW
ADAPT (iteration 2)
at Robischon Gallery in Denver, Colorado, USA through 29 August 2020. The second in a summer series on abstraction, the exhibition features work by assemblage artist and sculptor Ted Larsen, who uses alternative and salvage materials to comment on minimalist belief systems and the ultimate importance of High Art practice, and paint, assemblage and mixed media artist Terry Maker, who uses common, discarded and domestic objects, along with traditional art making materials in her work. MORE
FROM KOLAJ 29
And a Kiss for Good Measure
Aylmer, Québec artist Louise Héroux's collage concerns the rhythm of shapes, colours, and textures while investigating new spatial dimensions and working towards architectural balance. Her Cut Out Page, featured in Kolaj 29, collects and combines contemporary illustrations, clip art that references science, gaming, transportation, and direction. MORE
COLLAGE ON VIEW
Let Mama Handle It
Juliette Pestel at Galerie ArtiShock in Rijswijk, the Netherlands through 17 August 2020. This collage and assemblage installation is on view in the group exhibition “The Juror Does Not Weed”. It’s about women from all over the planet, mothers and caregivers, working with Mother Earth to find solutions for many problems on different levels. The hands in this work are the hands of family, friends and colleagues from the Netherlands, Germany, France, Scotland, USA, Russia, Canada, Indonesia and Australia. All women, all someone’s daughter and, for many of us, someone’s mother or mother in a more metaphorical way, like caregivers, teachers, doctors, and nurses. MORE
FROM KOLAJ 29
To Venture from the Flat Plane
San Francisco, California, USA. Scott Austin weaves an elaborate composition of fragments around the body of a clear wine bottle. Fish swim among stamps. Birds fly above a canal. Shards of paper grow off the bottle like shelf fungus on the side of a tree. Boys climb out on a limb that comes off the work. The collage is a fascinating testament to the medium’s ability to venture from the flat plane. A portfolio of Austin's work appears in Kolaj 29. MORE
FROM THE ARTIST DIRECTORY
Nature, Femininity, and Family
Mamaroneck, New York, USA. Allison Belolan has been inspired to explore themes of nature, femininity, and family through collage using found images, repurposed art reproductions, and observational drawings. Her recent work, made during the pandemic lockdown, are creative and emotional releases, dealing with the artist’s own anxiety and restlessness, but also serve as a record of the time. MORE
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This Week at
Kolaj LIVE Online
Thank you to everyone who joined us on Tuesday for the event at LeMieux Galleries in New Orleans. On Saturday, August 8th, 2020, the Mystic Krewe of Scissors & Glue will live collage a 6-foot tall obelisk in the atrium of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. The collaborative making project Collage Castell is off and running. From the Fundraising Exhibition in Support of Kolaj Institute, we check out art for sale by Vanessa Compton and Enrique "Kike" Congrains. MORE
SATURDAY!
Chaos To Order
Mystic Krewe of Scissors & Glue in Collaborative Collage Performance at Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Saturday, August 8th, 2020
1PM to 5PM-EST
10AM to 2PM-PST
The Mystic Krewe of Scissors & Glue will live collage a 6-foot tall obelisk in the atrium of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. The event will be live streamed and, once an hour, participating artists will pause their work to speak about the process and approach. Participating artists are Christopher Kurts, Ella Campbell, Sean Lindsey, Savanna Meekins, Amy Newell, & Michael Pajon. In doing this, they shift the collaboration from artist practice to performance and demystify artmaking for the viewer. MORE INFO & REGISTER
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.
