The Thing About Chaos

Philadelphia by Rosemary Rae
3.5”x3.5”; scrap wooden cube collaged with vintage images, type, tickets, labels, rubber stamps, acrylic paint, old nails; mounted onto a discarded metal christmas tree stand; 2018
Courtesy of the artist.

FROM KOLAJ 28

Rosemarie Rae

Artist Portfolio

The thing about chaos is that it comes in different forms. War, for all its brutality and destruction, is a highly choreographed chaos. A house full of kids may be an exhausting mess, but when run well has a rhythmic, scheduled flow. Cacophonies can be harsh or harmonious. As Carl Jung said, “In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.”

Consider the nature of chaos when viewing the collage of Rosemary Rae.

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Jewelry and Pen by Rosemary Rae
2018; Courtesy of the artist.

“My collage work explores the relationship between space and color, and celebrates the play and energy of random compositions across a page.”

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Rosemary Rae is a graphic designer and artist living in San Diego, California. She has a BFA from Moore College of Art + Design in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, studied Typography at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and Rome and has a MFA in Graphic Design from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Learn more in the Kolaj Magazine Artist Directory and at www.rosemaryraedesign.com.