RESIDENCY UPDATE & OPEN STUDIO
Saturday, 2 November 2024, 2-4PM | Value: Free, restricted house
Montreal-based collagist Emmanuel Laflamme writes, “Combining cultural references, I mix historic and trendy myths to share my perspective on the world, directly tender and demanding. The absurd is my playground and anachronism is my specialty.” Throughout his residency, Laflamme will create a brand new collection of collages that push his boundaries and deal with growing a greater understanding of his personal inventive follow. He’ll meet with New Orleanians and gather supplies domestically, working from what he finds. He’ll search inspiration in archives and native historical past museums. The physique of labor he creates in New Orleans will affect future work in portray, blended media and different inventive endeavors. Learn Extra
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Kolaj Journal, a full colour, print journal, exists to indicate how the world of collage is wealthy, layered, and thick with complexity. By remixing historical past and tradition, collage artists forge new pondering. To know collage is to reshape one’s pondering of artwork historical past and redefine the canon of visible tradition that informs the current.