COLLAGE ON VIEW
Johann + Edwards at Christchurch Artwork Gallery in Christchurch, New Zealand via 9 February 2025. Transformation is on the coronary heart of “Mutability–propositions to an unknown universe”. It options the work of Victoria Edwards and Ina Johann, Ōtautahi Christchurch-based artists who’ve collaborated as “Edwards + Johann” since 2007. Edwards + Johann use a spread of various supplies and processes–images, drawing, collage, sculpture and extra–typically layering these over one another in order that their works evolve via a number of states. “Edwards + Johann: Mutabilities—propositions to an unknown universe” combines a number of works from the final 5 years with new sculptures–some nonetheless in a state of “changing into”–to ship an intriguing and transporting artwork expertise. Learn Extra
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Kolaj Journal, a full shade, 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.