{"id":17644,"date":"2026-01-03T14:57:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T19:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=17644"},"modified":"2026-01-03T14:57:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T19:57:47","slug":"kolaj-live-online-pictures-at-the-intersection-of-photography-collage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/collage-events\/kolaj-live-online-pictures-at-the-intersection-of-photography-collage\/","title":{"rendered":"Kolaj LIVE Online: Pictures at the Intersection of Photography & Collage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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KOLAJ LIVE ONLINE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pictures at the Intersection of Photography & Collage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, 15 January 2026, 7PM EST (0000 UTC) on Zoom<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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“Pictures at the Intersection of Photography & Collage<\/a>” is currently on view at Kolaj Institute Gallery through 24 January 2026. All of the artworks in this exhibition are examples of artists working at the intersection of collage and photography. Artists are cutting, mixing, and adding to photographs. They are photographing collage found naturally occurring in the urban landscape. They are intervening on or repurposing historic photographs to tell a new story. Artists are appropriating the grammatical concept “Locative” and photographing fragments strategically placed in the world or in a fabricated landscape. They are making art with their family photographs. They are collaging into self-portraits. They are taking photographs to use as fragments. They are using the sun as glue and the material of photography as a meaning-making device. Each of these approaches leads to more complex storytelling that pushes the limits of traditional photography and collage.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During this edition of Kolaj LIVE Online, Ric Kasini Kadour will present a virtual tour of the exhibition and we will hear from some of the artists in the exhibition. Kadour will also present a preview of the new zine, Locative Kolaj<\/a><\/em> by Special Agent Collage Collective, which was made by attendees at the 2025 edition of Kolaj Fest New Orleans. Kadour wrote, “The intersection of collage and photography is not like a simple crossroads where two streets meet. It’s more like a roundabout where many paths come together before shooting off in different directions. The deeper one gets into this inquiry, the more road metaphors fail. It may be more helpful to think of the intersection of collage and photography as neuropathways or mycelium.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ABOUT KOLAJ INSTITUTE\u2019S PHOTOGRAPHY & COLLAGE PROJECT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The mediums of collage and photography are bound together in an ongoing dialogue. The photographer makes pictures of the world. The collagist remixes those pictures to tell a story about the world we live in. \u201cToday, we\u2019re taking more photos than at any previous time in history,\u201d noted EyeEm contributor Lars Mensel. \u201cMany photographers are asking themselves how to set their work apart from that of their peers. Photography has become less about the skill to take technically perfect pictures\u2013most modern smartphones accomplish this at the touch of a button\u2013but how pictures are combined to tell a story.\u201d In partnership with the New Orleans Photo Alliance<\/a>, the Photography & Collage project explores the intersection of these two mediums. We ask, What happens when a collagist picks up the camera? What happens when a photographer collages their pictures? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout 2024 and 2025, Kolaj Institute hosted virtual residencies during which artists made work at the intersection of photography and collage. Each June, New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery hosted exhibitions as part of Kolaj Fest New Orleans<\/a> and in December 2024, Kolaj Institute presented \u201cCamera & Collage<\/a>\u201d at its gallery in New Orleans. These activities along with that of a number of solo artists in residence and articles in the magazine have given us many points of reference to view and think about the intersection. In December 2025 as part of PhotoNOLA 2025<\/a>, Kolaj Institute presented, \u201cPictures at the Intersection of Photography & Collage\u201d, an exhibition at its gallery in New Orleans. Kolaj Institute will publish a book about their findings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABOUT KOLAJ INSTITUTE GALLERY <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The mission of Kolaj Institute is to support artists, curators, and writers who seek to study, document, and disseminate ideas that deepen our understanding of collage as a medium, a genre, a community, and a 21st century movement. We operate a number of initiatives meant to bring together community, investigate critical issues, and raise collage\u2019s standing in the art world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kolaj Institute\u2019s Gallery in New Orleans presents exhibitions and connects Kolaj Institute and the artists we work with to the vibrant St. Claude Arts District. We produce 8-10 exhibitions a year and participate in Second Saturday, the neighborhood\u2019s monthly art walk, putting the collage art, books and exhibitions in front of New Orleanians and visitors. The Gallery is located at 2374 Saint Claude Avenue, Suite 230, at the corner with St. Roch Avenue above the Peach Cobbler Factory. The Gallery is open Thursday-Saturday, Noon-6PM or by appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABOUT RIC KASINI KADOUR<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ric Kasini Kadour<\/strong>, a 2021 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Curatorial Fellow, is a writer, artist, publisher, and cultural worker. He is the director of Kolaj Institute and one of the founders of Kolaj Magazine. His curation work includes exhibitions in Vermont at S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, the Vermont Arts Council, and the Southern Vermont Arts Center. He was also the Curator of Contemporary Art at Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh, Vermont, USA in 2019 and 2020. In conjunction with Kolaj Fest New Orleans, which he founded, and LeMieux Galleries, he has curated seven exhibitions focused on critical issues in collage. Other exhibitions include \u201cThe Money $how\u201d, co-curated with Frank Juarez, at the AIR Space Gallery at Saint Kate-The Arts Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (April 10-September 12, 2021). For Birr Vintage Week & Arts Festival in Birr, County Offaly, Ireland (August 13-20, 2021), he curated \u201cEmpty Columns Are a Place to Dream\u201d, which traveled to the Knoxville Museum of Art in January-February 2022. At 516 ARTS in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Kadour co-curated with Alicia Inez Guzm\u00e0n two exhibitions: \u201cMany Worlds Are Born\u201d (February 19-May 14, 2022) and \u201cTechnologies of the Spirit\u201d (June 11-September 3, 2022). In 2023 at the Knoxville Museum of Art, Kadour curated \u201cWhere the Sun Casts No Shadow: Postcards from the Creative Crossroads of Quito, Ecuador\u201d (January 9-February 16, 2023) and \u201cMystical Landscape: Secrets of the Vale\u201d (March 17-May 28, 2023). In September 2023, he curated \u201cWord of Mouth: Folklore, Community and Collage\u201d at A\u2019 the Airts in Sanquhar, Scotland. Since the opening of Kolaj Institute Gallery in 2024, he has curated ten exhibitions, most recently, \u201cJoy and Grief: An Exhibition of Collage\u201d (April 12-May 31, 2025), \u201cCollage As Art Movement\u201d (June 14-August 31, 2025), \u201cBig Orange Monster: An Emergency Collage Exhibition\u201d (September 10-October 18, 2025), \u201cTrash as Material\u201d (October 25-November 29, 2025), and “Pictures at the Intersection of Photography & Collage” (December 10, 2025-January 24, 2026).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KOLAJ LIVE ONLINE Pictures at the Intersection of Photography & Collage Thursday, 15 January 2026, 7PM EST (0000 UTC) on Zoom GET TICKETS “Pictures at the Intersection of Photography & Collage” is currently on view at Kolaj Institute Gallery through…<\/p>\n

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