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FROM KOLAJ 26
Compositional Energy
"Each piece is vastly different from the last, and while I employ a number of styles and techniques—my work is perhaps best defined by its compositional style and quality of energy," writes Jim Ford, whose work is on the cover of Kolaj 26 and a portfolio appears in the issue. "Clean lines, arbitrary shapes, bold colour choices, and abstract compositions make Ford’s collages a delight." MORE
FROM KOLAJ 26
All Over the Map
Susan Lerner is a hand-cut collage artist living and working in New York City. The artist writes, “My latest series, ‘All Over the Map’, involves the use of vintage maps and imagery. The use of the map’s line, colour and symmetry naturally inform the direction of the work.” A portfolio of her work appears in Kolaj 26. MORE
COLLAGE ON VIEW
hot love-cold facts
At the Berkeley Art Center in Berkeley, California through 12 October 2019. Gallerist Jack Fischer guest curates an exhibition exploring collage as a form where narrative and abstraction meet and dissolve into one another. Set up as a dialogue between two seemingly distinct camps–the hot, romantic and erotic on one hand, and the cool, austere and form-obsessed on the other–boundaries blur as the show progresses through works both evocative and formal. Pieces span a wide range of media, including cut paper, antique engravings, tapestry, sculpture and video. MORE
COLLAGE ON VIEW
Strange Menagerie
Katie McCann and Suzanne Long at Gearbox Gallery in Oakland, California through 12 October 2019. McCann writes, "As a child, I lived in a wonder world of faeries, science fiction, botany and zoology. Not much has changed, the only difference being that I now record all of my thoughts and stories in the form of intricate hand cut collages," Long writes. My work teaches me who I am, it defines the edges for a time, then my focus changes and my work becomes something else. It answers a question for me, it poses a question to me." MORE
FROM KOLAJ 26
Collage on the Steps of Parliament Hill
A giant collage is installed in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, on the York Street stairs that link the ByWard Market and Major’s Hill Park and run along the south side of the US Embassy. The work is by Montreal collagist Jerome Bertrand and "portrays our Canadian population as a vibrant and multi-faceted society." MORE
AT COLLAGE::BOOKS
Process and Concept
San Diego, California's Karah Lain will talk about her project, "Untitled-#1-4", a series of handmade books, and how she developed her process and executed the conceptual content. Lain has shown her collage works throughout the United States and she is an Assistant Professor of Visual Art at Point Loma Nazarene University. MORE
AT COLLAGE::BOOKS
Book as Zine & Sketchbook
Denver, Colorado's Joshua Field will talk about his sketchbook practice and how he makes reproductions of them for distribution. In 2017, Field created the visual journal August 1959 using a combination of collage, painting, and drawing. He explores a mysterious confluence of events in August of 1959. Field is Assistant Professor of Foundations and Fine Arts at the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design in Denver, Colorado. 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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