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Thinking with the Eyes
Antioquia, Colombia. Juliana Arango Alvarez is interested in orienting the eye to the most unusual details of objects that are often unnoticed, as well as seeking exuberance in color as a language that allows us to taste it. With works that move between experimental photography and analog collage, Alvarez aims to improvise, play, reflect, and seek an air of freedom. MORE
COLLAGE ON VIEW
Inside/Out
at Borluut Castle & Borluut Park in Sint-Denijs-Westrem, Belgium, 31 July and 1-2 August 2020. Elizabeth Borluut and Judocus Vijd were the patrons of the Ghent Altarpiece by brothers Hubert and Jan van Eyck, both of whom are also depicted on this polyptych. In all likelihood, Simon Borluut (Elizabeth’s brother) would also be a principal of the work The Madonna at the Fountain. In this exhibition, twenty-four contemporary visual artists make a direct or indirect link to the oeuvre of the brothers Van Eyck and the location through an artwork. Among the work on view is a collage installation by Elke Desutter. MORE
COLLAGE COMMUNITIES
Birmingham Collage Collective
Birmingham, United Kingdom. Founded in early 2019 by Adam Wynn after he connected with several Birmingham-based collage artists and found a strong connection to the medium throughout the city. The group has since expanded to twenty-eight members and in just under a year has had two exhibitions and one zine release. The aim of the group is to celebrate the use of analogue collage, and in turn, promote and highlight the city of Birmingham and its exciting creative community. MORE
COLLAGE ON VIEW
A plague on both your houses by Danielle Cole
As part of Kolaj LIVE Online, Kolaj Institute is hosting a Fundraising Exhibition to support the organization's residencies, publications, fellowships, and traveling programs. The artwork on sale benefits both the artist and the organization. Toronto-based Danielle Cole creates playful collages through an assembly of original vintage graphics. Her work often explores the absurdity of domestic roles and the need for material goods. About this collage, Cole writes, "Lovers who decline to be apart during this time of self-isolation are the authors of their own tragedies. Love reimagined will be love rewarded at the end of this challenging time." MORE
COLLAGE ON VIEW
Four Powerful Women Artists
Lynne Kortenhaus, Breon Dunigan, Amy Arbus, and Jeannie Motherwell at The Schoolhouse Gallery in Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA through 10 August 2020. Kortenhaus says, “I found original blueprints of my grandparents’ beachfront property in New Jersey and began remembering the family’s times along the shore.” Integrating those elements with recent etchings and lithographs into larger scale pieces, Kortenhaus employed a number of mediums and materials to create images that seek to find balance and a new sense of a safe haven in our lives. MORE
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Public Space, Street Art, and Collage: Kolaj Street Krewe
TONIGHT!
Thursday, July 30th, 2020.
7PM-EST/4PM-PST
What is the role of collage in street art? Artists present a history and contemporary survey and invite others to consider the art practice. During this time of COVID-19, society-at-large has embraced street art in ways they haven't before. Media outlets have celebrated the practice as a way of bringing art to the people during a time galleries and museums were closed. At its heart, putting art on the street is an intervention on the environment and this juxtaposition with space and place puts street art in direct dialogue with collage. MORE INFO & REGISTER
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Meet the Gallerist
Christy S. Wood
at LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans
Tuesday, August 4th, 2020
7PM-EST / 4PM-PST
Located in Arts District New Orleans, LeMieux Galleries has brought together "seasoned collectors and new art enthusiasts with artists who are committed to their vision" since 1983. This summer, Gallerist Christy S. Wood is celebrating her 20th year at the gallery (and five years as owner) with an exhibition of artists she has worked with over the last two decades. Wood will lead a tour of collage artists in the "Family" exhibition. Wood will show artwork and speak about artists David Lambert, Kathryn Hunter, Michael Pajón, Marcy Lally, and Leslie Elliottsmith and speak about why she is drawn to these particular artists. Participants will have the opportunity to ask Wood questions about the artists on view and her work as a gallerist. MORE INFO & REGISTER
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Chaos To Order
Mystic Krewe of Scissors & Glue in Collaborative Collage Performance at Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Saturday, August 8th, 2020
1PM to 5PM-EST
10AM to 2PM-PST
The Mystic Krewe of Scissors & Glue will live collage a 6-foot tall obelisk in the atrium of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. The event will be live streamed and, once an hour, participating artists will pause their work to speak about the process and approach. Participating artists are Christopher Kurts, Ella Campbell, Sean Lindsey, Savanna Meekins, Amy Newell, & Michael Pajon. In doing this, they shift the collaboration from artist practice to performance and demystify artmaking for the viewer. MORE INFO & REGISTER
PUBLICATION
Kolaj LIVE Online Program Book
The Kolaj LIVE Online Program Book is your guide to the event. The 62-page book includes in-depth descriptions of the fourteen Kolaj LIVE Online events along with biographies of the presenters and institutional partners. The book serves as the catalog for the Kolaj Institute Fundraising Exhibition. It also comes with four starter collages to participate in the Collage Castell activity, a cat-themed Cut Out Page for the Cat & Paste Workshop, and a commentary about the creation of the event. MORE
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The Kolaj LIVE Online Program Book is sent automatically to members of the Silver Scissors & Golden Glue Societies and those who join before August 15th, 2020. These special subscribers support the work of Kolaj Institute while receiving an item from Kolaj each month. LEARN MORE
Our goal with every issue is that Kolaj Magazine is essential reading for anyone interested in the role of contemporary collage in art, culture, and society. Kolaj #29 reports on collage in this critical moment of world history.
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CURRENT ISSUE
KOLAJ #29
In the magazine: One of David Crunelle's lenticular collage is on the cover. Articles talk about the 'Cool Zone' of history; award winning collage; a new publishing project; how collage artists are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic; a report from Warsaw, Poland; going big with murals; an exhibition of Max Ernst collages; a profile of Amsterdam-based collagist Bob Bunck; and a Cut Out Page by Aylmer, Quebec artist Louise Héroux. Andrea Burgay and Clive Knights continue their conversation about excavation as a metaphor for ideas. And we have artist portfolios from Vancouver, Canada; Saugerties, New York; Tucson, Arizona; Mexico City, Mexico; and San Francisco, California. MORE
Each issue of Kolaj Magazine is dedicated to reviewing and surveying contemporary collage with an international perspective. We are interested in collage as a medium, a genre, a community, and a 21st century art movement.
