THE WEEKENDER 02 | 2025
Collage News & Inspiration
WORDS TO LIVE BY
“Every artist I know is trying desperately to rediscover the self-assurance with which we all created art as children.”
― David Zinn
The latest collage news and inspiration!
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NEWS
“Crafts have always been a big part of my life. I love scrapbooking and sending snail mail to my friends. I also collect vintage Valentine’s cards and block-printed fabric,” says the Pakistani American artist, who derives creative satisfaction by honouring her blended heritage. “I like mixing desi influences with the West and combining traditional collages with more technical skills like animation and Photoshop.” Lean in closer and you’ll see this multiplicity smeared all over the 25-year-old’s kaleidoscopic universe. - Creative director Ramisha Sattar is your favourite artist—Chappell Roan’s—favourite artist - via Vogue India
Le Labo, the New York-based fragrance house known for its high-quality scents, has partnered with AnOther Magazine to introduce an all-new candle titled AMBROXYDE 17. The duo, which previously teamed up to create the ANOTHER 13 perfume in 2010, enlisted collage artist Katrien de Blauwer to examine the “invisible language of fragrance through her layered tactility” to create the visual identity of their new candle. - Le Labo Reunites With 'AnOther Magazine' for AMBROXYDE 17 Candle - via Hypebeast
At Pratt, where he’s in his first year of the MFA Writing program, he’s working on a documentary project about Staten Island and visual texts, with an emphasis on collage. He sat down with Pratt News to discuss his upbringing, unique career path, and experience at Pratt so far. -Making a Collage Out of Life - via Pratt News
Collage has a short and distinguished history and was firmly established as an art form of novelty in the 1920s and 1930s. Today, the popularity of collage is on the rise again and a new generation of young artists such as Dina Gadia is rediscovering the practice by combining different materials charmingly by hand to isolate and expose choice images and to obtain new effects. - DINA GADIA’S ASSEMBLING COLLAGE OF CONTEMPORARY ART - via Artes de las Filipinas
Georges Braque dès 1912, Picasso peu après, ont fait du collage un "art" reconnu, même si des précurseurs oubliés l’utilisaient dès les années 1860 et au Japon depuis le Xe siècle, associé alors à la calligraphie. Danièle Passemar en fait son mode d’expression privilégié et en démontre les possibilités et la valeur artistique. Sa présentation au Pôle Culture de la ville jusqu’au 31 janvier ajoute une pointe d’intrigue et invite à repérer dans les collages des figures cachées : deux petits corps qui s’enlacent au cœur d’une rose. - Gaillac. Le collage porte ouverte sur tous les possibles - via La Depeche
PCC
A selection of challenge submissions from last week is up on our website and can be seen here, the image prompt for next week is available to download here
Our 2025 Workbook is out and available for sale on our website. Our weekly creative challenge remains free and open to everyone and everything, digital or analog artists, French or not. The workbook is an optional add-on for those who prefer to work with paper and don’t want to print our images themselves. Like every year, the book is designed so that you can either take it apart or create your collages in the book itself. Week numbers and image sources are on the back of each image, so even if your books falls apart at one point, you will always know what’s what!
And last but not least, have a look at our second Instagram account Paris Collage Collective Unlimited where we showcase collages that have absolutely nothing to do with our weekly creative challenge.
If you have any news about exhibitions, publications or events you want so share with the community, please send an email with all relevant information and at least one link to a website or venue to: hello@pariscollagecollective.com