THE WEEKENDER 03 | 2023
Collage News & Inspiration
Hello and welcome to the latest Weekender.
Looks like the collage community is waking up again after a few weeks of calm and well-deserved rest at the beginning of the year. Lots of articles, interviews, the first open call (that we're aware of, don't forget to let us know if anything interesting is happening!) and finally real and very relevant news for us (the kind we've been expecting for a while).
AI-generated art has been proliferating, something that will affect graphic and collage artists, illustrators and graphic designers possibly more than other visual artists, and the first of them are fighting back. There are plenty of articles floating around so we only shared two (information is easy enough to find once you know what you're looking for.)
Therefore and without further ado, the latest collage news and inspiration. Enjoy!
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MORE (OF THE SAME) NEWS (always good to have multiple sources): Artists launch copyright lawsuit against AI art generators Stable Diffusion and Midjourney - via DigitalArt
OPEN CALL: The "Genesis of Being" project by CUTOUT COLLAGE is an artist's understanding of their own existence and values through the art of collage. While brave defenders defend the Ukrainian land, we, artists, defend our cultural heritage. We strive to change our people's own and collective consciousness for the better, to unite it with representatives of world cultures. All information here
INTERVIEW with Kevin Chin who uses collage and collage techniques to prepare his paintings: Kevin Chin explores hybrid notions of space in his massive, meticulous paintings - via Creative Boom
ARTICLE: The mixed-media collage artist rebooted her career as an artist after her retirement as principal of the Detroit Academy of Arts and Science. Judy Bowman’s world of collage celebrates the African American experience in Detroit - via Creative Boom
ARTICLE: Working their way into his large, digitally created collages are skulls and pulsing human hearts, mannequins, naked women, paper airplanes, thorns, Egyptian scarabs and many more images. Surreal digital collages in 'Gravity' exhibit a study in art without boundaries - via The Columbus Dispatch
ARTICLE: Credit its ascendance to the advent of mass media but also to a sense that life is less a harmonious totality of events than a collision of often incompatible realities. Gallery Shows Focus on Medium That Best Fits Our Times: Collage - via The Sun
As always a little reminder: our weekly creative challenge prompts remain free to download and the challenges themselves open for everyone to join, but if you prefer to work with paper, our 2023 Workbook is out and available here
And last but not least, 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
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