Collage

CollageCollage is a form of visual art that assembles different

forms resulting in a new whole.

A collage may include newspaper clippings, ribbons, bits of colored or hand-made papers, portions of other

artwork, photographs and other found objects.These are then glued to a piece of paper or canvas.

The term collage derives from the French "coller," meaning glue.

collage items to consider:

• papers: newspaper, vintage papers, envelopes, maps, comics, tissue paper, painted paper, documents etc

• texture (fabrics, cardboard, envelopes, cut vs. tear)

• typography (fonts) and words

• juxtaposition

• colour, geometry and abstractions

• drawings• washes, diffused images, transfers

• overprinting• layers, masks and stencils

Popular Collage Works

Hans Arp“Collage Arranged According to the Laws of Chance” c1917 - Dada art movement

Hans Arp“i Picture” c1920 - Dada art movement

Raoul Hausman“The Art Critic” c1919-1920 - Dada art movement

Hannah Hoch“Da Dandy” c1919 - Dada art movement

Hannah Hoch“My Domestic Mottoes” c1922 - Dada art movement

Kurt Schwitters“Untitled (May #191)” c1919 - Dada art movement

Kurt Schwitters“Untitled (Oval Construction)” c1925 note:

this is a sculpture

Georges Braque“Fruitdish and Glass” 1912

Richard Hamilton“Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing?” 1956

Tom Wesselmann“Still Life #20” 1962

Matisse(Dec. 31, 1869 - Nov. 3, 1954)

In 1941 Matisse was diagnosed with cancer and following surgery, started using a wheelchair. With the use of assistants, Matisse started creating cut-outs. His

assistants would paint sheets of white paper and he would cut out coloured elements and place them onto

paper.

http://www.henri-matisse.net/cut_outs.html

Henri Matisse“Blue Nude II” 1952

Henri Matisse“Destiny”

Henri Matisse“Vegetables”

Henri Matisse“Icarus”

Henri Matisse“The Sword Swallower”

Henri Matisse“Zulma”

Henri Matisse“The Toboggan”

Henri Matisse“The Snail” 1953

Romare Bearden(Sept. 2, 1911-March 12, 1988)

Romare Bearden was an African-American artist and writer. During the 1960s civil rights movement, Bearden began experimenting with the form of

collage. His work became more representational and more overtly socially conscious towards Black rights.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romare_Bearden

Romare Bearden“Prevalence Of Ritual Mysteries” 1964

Romare Bearden“Return Of the Prodigal Son” 1967

Romare Bearden“Tomorrow I May Be Far Away” 1967

Romare Bearden“Black Manhattan” 1969

Romare Bearden“Patchwork Quilt” 1970

Romare Bearden“The Calabash” 1970

Romare Bearden“Back Home” 1970

work from current collage artists

David Wallace“Treated” 2007

David Walave“Hope and Fear” 2007

Launa D. Romoff“Untitled #289” 2007

Dennis Parlante“Mr. Bryant” 2008

Robert Hunt“1969” 2008

Robert Hunt“Comic Book” 1991

Cecil Touchon“Fusion Series #2540” 2007

Cecil Touchon“Fusion Series #2283” 2006

Nancy Goodman“Woman Sitting Under the Moon” 2003

Nancy Goodman Lawrence“Leah” 2006

Nancy Goodman Lawrence“Goodman Kids” 2004

Baby Smith“Heap #44” 2006

Baby Smith“UShift #15” 2007

Baby Smith“An Insight” 2004

Marty Gordon“3DTV” 2008

Marty Gordon“It’s A Jungles Out There” 2008

Mary Emma Hawthorne“Survival of the Fittest” 2006

Mary Emma Hawthorne“All the Riches” 2006

Robert Mars“Play Ball” 2008

Robert Mars“Five on the Floor” 2008

Brandi Strickland“Sound Collage” 2008

Brandi Strickland“Istanbul” 2005

Stephanie Levy“Soiree” 2007

Stephanie Levy“Matisse’s Bedroom II” 2006

Janet Jones“Mirage #13” 2007

Janet Jones“Counterpoint #3” 2007

Ariel“None Had Your Rhythms” 2006

Ariel“Refreshment” 2008

Cindy Iverson“Too Late” 2006

Cindy Iverson“I’m Really An Engineer” 2008

Liz Cohn“The Lunatics Ball” 2006

Liz Cohn“Head In The Clouds” 2007

Liz Cohn“May” 2008

Mariella Bisson“Hearthstone Falls” 2008

Mariella Bisson“To Rock My Soul” 2007

David Thorpe“Pilgrims” 1999

David Thorpe“Out From The Night” 1999

Martha Rosler“Hooded Captives” 2004

Gordon Magnin(Work for Beefmaster Magazine)

Gordon Magnin(Work for Mojo Magazine)

Gordon Magnin(Work for Mojo Magazine)

Agnes Montgomery

Agnes Montgomery

Eric CarleEric Carle painted onto tissue paper and then

cut these to make his collages.

http://www.eric-carle.com/slideshow_paint.html

Eric Carle

Eric Carle

Eric Carle

Peter Clarke“Java”

Peter Clarke“Bass Fish”

Peter Clarke“Nice Hat”

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