Minimalist Composition in Contemporary Collage
In Kolaj #14, Steven M. Specht explores minimalist composition in contemporary collage. He writes, “Creating a comprehensive taxonomy of contemporary collage would, no doubt, be a daunting undertaking. The evolution of collage as a fine art medium over the last 100 years has resulted in a family tree with a multitude of branches and almost countless leaves. To state that collage compositions vary dramatically in terms of their complexity is perhaps too self-evident. 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.”
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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.
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Image (top):
Ventriloquist III by John Stezaker
9.5″x11″; collage; 2014
Courtesy of the artist and The Approach, London
Image (centre):
Article spread from Kolaj #14 featuring left to right:
Brain Trust #16
Brain Trust #24
Brain Trust #8
Brain Trust #36
by John Hundt
each image: 8.5″x6″; collage; 2012
Courtesy of the artist
Image (bottom):
Uninvited Guest by John Hundt
Courtesy of the artist