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COLLAGE ON VIEW
Freedom Island
Adrien Pelletier in Unconventional Art Space at Space53 in Palermo, Italy through 31 July 2019. "L’Isola della Libertà" features collage work by the French gouache artist that was commissioned for the gallery. The abstract collages portray a selection of islands around the world that accommodate naturism, including Jupiter Island in Florida, Jerolim in Croatia, Contadora in Panama, Mykonos and Crete in Greece, Maui in Hawaii, and the Caribbean islands of Antigua and Saint Martin. Each work is made on a recycled cardboard envelope using images from Vogue Italia. MORE
FROM KOLAJ 26
Return, Rediscover, Fascinate
Czech collagist Kosmo Nauty is a "creator and collector" based in Prague. They create "playful and poetic stories for children and adults who want to follow the White Rabbit." Their collage work uses recycled and upcycled materials, including textiles, paper and cardboard, as a way to revive "objects and non-living things" and to connect to memory and childhood. Nauty created the Cut Out Page for Kolaj 26. MORE
CALL TO ARTISTS
COLLAGE::BOOKS Symposium
Deadline: August 31st, 2019. Kolaj Magazine will partner with ARCMTL to produce a full day symposium on the subject of collage and the book on October 4th, 2019 in Montreal. The symposium will be a part of VOLUME 2 MTL: Art and the Book, Montreal's annual conference and fair devoted to art publishing and artists' books. Kolaj Magazine seeks collage artists who make books as part of their broader practice to present their book-centered projects as part of the symposium. In addition to making a brief presentation, book projects will be profiled in a special publication that will accompany the symposium. MORE
COLLAGE ON VIEW
Scratch the Surface
Leigh Wells & Kate Nartker at Jack Fischer Gallery in San Francisco, California, USA, through 31 August 2019. Nartker and Wells use two distinct modes of visual imagery to explore the passage of time and how we interact with the world. Wells eschews clarity in order to engage with imagined mental states and what is unseen. Nartker’s film stills from personal, found, and stock footage, as well from The Library of Congress, are presented in weavings and jacquards that give us a new, surprising and tantalizing aspect of pixelation. MORE
COLLAGE EVENT
Cultural Deconstructions
Critical Issues in Collage at LeMieux Galleries in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, through 27 July 2019. By its nature, the creation of art is the construction of culture. Collage is unique as a medium in that it uses as its material artifacts from the world itself. To harvest those fragments, the artist must first deconstruct culture; they must select, cut, and remove the elements they do not wish to use and then reconstruct work that tells a new story. The central exhibition at Kolaj Fest New Orleans features collage artists who are deconstructing identity as a way to critique culture. Curator Ric Kasini Kadour will give a gallery talk about the exhibition on Saturday, 27 July 2019, 1PM. MORE
Kolaj Magazine is a quarterly, printed magazine about contemporary collage.
CURRENT ISSUE
Kolaj #26
Our goal with every issue is that Kolaj Magazineis essential reading for anyone interested in the role of contemporary collage in art, culture, and society. In Kolaj #26, we go deep into critical areas: copyright, political art, materiality, and concepts that explain the centrality of collage in the history of art. Each issue has articles about collage artists, profiles of collage projects, The Cut-Out Page, Artist Portfolios, and more. MORE
EXHIBITION CATALOG
Revolutionary Paths
When the collage is presented in exhibition, it is often done so without the critical framework granted other mediums. In "Revolutionary Paths: Critical Issues in Collage", exhibition curator Ric Kasini Kadour presents examples of collage that represent various aspects and takes on the medium. Each work in the exhibition represents the potential for deeper inquiry and further curatorial exploration of the medium. MORE
EXHIBITION CATALOG
Cultural Decontructions
Collage is unique as a medium in that it uses as its material artifacts from the world itself. To harvest those fragments, the artist must first deconstruct culture; they must select, cut, and remove the elements they do not wish to use and then reconstruct work that tells a new story. In "Cultural Deconstructions: Critical Issues in Collage", exhibition curator Ric Kasini Kadour presents examples of collage artists who are deconstructing identity as a way to critique culture. MORE
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Kolaj Magazine is a quarterly, printed magazine about contemporary collage. We are interested in how collage is made, how collage is exhibited, and how collage is collected. We are interested in the role collage plays in contemporary visual culture. Kolaj is a full colour, internationally-oriented art magazine. Kolaj is published in Montreal, Quebec by Maison Kasini. Visit Kolaj Magazine online.
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