{"id":4571,"date":"2016-01-30T01:39:15","date_gmt":"2016-01-30T06:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=4571"},"modified":"2017-06-27T23:17:27","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T03:17:27","slug":"just-the-right-elements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/articles\/just-the-right-elements\/","title":{"rendered":"Just the Right Elements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4572\" src=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/ventriloquist-by-john-stezaker.jpg\" alt=\"ventriloquist-by-john-stezaker\" width=\"700\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/ventriloquist-by-john-stezaker.jpg 700w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/ventriloquist-by-john-stezaker-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/ventriloquist-by-john-stezaker-600x465.jpg 600w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/ventriloquist-by-john-stezaker-560x434.jpg 560w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/ventriloquist-by-john-stezaker-260x201.jpg 260w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/ventriloquist-by-john-stezaker-160x124.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Minimalist Composition in Contemporary Collage<\/h2>\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/issues\/kolaj-14\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Kolaj<\/em> #14<\/a>, Steven M. Specht explores minimalist composition in contemporary collage. He writes, &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To read the full article, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kolajmagazine.com\/shop.html\" target=\"_blank\">SUBSCRIBE to <em>Kolaj Magazine<\/em><\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kolajmagazine.com\/shop.html\" target=\"_blank\">Get a Copy of the Issue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4573\" src=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/k14-article-spread.jpg\" alt=\"k14-article-spread\" width=\"700\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/k14-article-spread.jpg 700w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/k14-article-spread-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/k14-article-spread-600x375.jpg 600w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/k14-article-spread-560x350.jpg 560w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/k14-article-spread-260x163.jpg 260w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/k14-article-spread-160x100.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>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.<\/h2>\n<p>To read the full article, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kolajmagazine.com\/shop.html\" target=\"_blank\">SUBSCRIBE to <em>Kolaj Magazine<\/em><\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kolajmagazine.com\/shop.html\" target=\"_blank\">Get a Copy of the Issue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4574\" src=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/uninvitedguest-by-john-hundt.jpg\" alt=\"uninvitedguest-by-john-hundt\" width=\"700\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/uninvitedguest-by-john-hundt.jpg 700w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/uninvitedguest-by-john-hundt-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/uninvitedguest-by-john-hundt-600x461.jpg 600w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/uninvitedguest-by-john-hundt-560x430.jpg 560w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/uninvitedguest-by-john-hundt-260x200.jpg 260w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/uninvitedguest-by-john-hundt-160x123.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Image (top):<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Ventriloquist III<\/em> by John Stezaker<br \/>\n9.5&#8243;x11&#8243;; collage; 2014<br \/>\nCourtesy of the artist and The Approach, London<\/p>\n<p><strong>Image (centre):<\/strong><br \/>\nArticle spread from <em>Kolaj #14<\/em> featuring left to right:<br \/>\n<em>Brain Trust #16<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Brain Trust #24<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Brain Trust #8<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Brain Trust #36<\/em><br \/>\nby John Hundt<br \/>\neach image: 8.5&#8243;x6&#8243;; collage; 2012<br \/>\nCourtesy of the artist<\/p>\n<p><strong>Image (bottom):<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Uninvited Guest<\/em> by John Hundt<br \/>\nCourtesy of the artist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minimalist Composition in Contemporary Collage In Kolaj #14, Steven M. Specht explores minimalist composition in contemporary collage. He writes, &#8220;Creating a comprehensive taxonomy of contemporary collage would, no doubt, be a daunting undertaking. The evolution of collage as a fine&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/articles\/just-the-right-elements\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,50],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/ventriloquist-by-john-stezaker.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2QTD7-1bJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6223,"url":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/articles\/subtractive-collage\/","url_meta":{"origin":4571,"position":0},"title":"Subtractive Collage","author":"Christopher Byrne","date":"19 September 2017","format":"gallery","excerpt":"COLLAGE TAXONOMY A minimalist collage where a fragment is emptiness Collage artist Lee Honey suggested \u201cSubtractive Collage\u201d to the Taxonomy project. \u201cYou open the possibility of new meanings by removing part of an image and leaving it blank,\u201d writes Honey. \u201cThis concept is closely connected to the category of minimalist\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/category\/content\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/jacob-spriggs-poor-over-slowly.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/jacob-spriggs-poor-over-slowly.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/jacob-spriggs-poor-over-slowly.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/jacob-spriggs-poor-over-slowly.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4510,"url":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/articles\/editorial-how-do-we-talk-about-collage\/","url_meta":{"origin":4571,"position":1},"title":"Editorial: How Do We Talk About Collage?","author":"Christopher Byrne","date":"12 January 2016","format":"gallery","excerpt":"From KOLAJ #14 Editorial: How Do We Talk About Collage? 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