NEW EXHIBITION AT KOLAJ INSTITUTE GALLERY IN NEW ORLEANS
at Kolaj Institute Gallery in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
On view via 5 January 2025 a part of PhotoNOLA
The mediums of collage and images are sure collectively in an ongoing dialogue. The photographer makes photos of the world. The collagist remixes these photos to inform a narrative concerning the world we stay in. What occurs when the photographer begins collaging their very own work? What occurs when the collage artist picks up the digital camera?
“Digicam & Collage” brings collectively artists from Australia, Kuwait, Mexico, Canada, and the USA every of whom have developed a apply that sits on the intersection of collage and images. This art work showcases a wealthy array of methods and artistic approaches. The artists embrace collage as a dynamic course of—reworking household archives and located supplies, experimenting with different strategies, and questioning our relationship with photos in a world overwhelmed by them. By way of their work, they invite viewers to discover deeper themes of identification and gender, household and reminiscence, the physicality of images, and the interaction between historical past and inventive course of. 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 considering. To grasp collage is to reshape one’s considering of artwork historical past and redefine the canon of visible tradition that informs the current.