THE WEEKENDER 19 | 2024
Collage News & Inspiration
WORDS TO LIVE BY
“The highest prize we can receive for creative work is the joy of being creative. Creative effort spent for any other reason than the joy of being in that light filled space, love, god, whatever we want to call it, is lacking in integrity.”
― Marianne Williamson
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NEWS
EXHIBITION by German collage artist and regular PCC contributor Marina Neri opening at Covington Gallery in Madrid on Saturday, May 11
Jack Shainman Gallery is pleased to present LIE DOGGO, a monumental exhibition of work by Nina Chanel Abney that spans her creative practice, uniting a new series of paintings with collages, site-specific murals, an immersive digital art installation, and the debut of a new body of large scale sculpture. Paying homage to the sophisticated color theories of Matisse, continuing the legacy of cubists, Picasso and Léger, and connecting with the synesthetic sensibilities of Harlem Renaissance greats, Douglas and Lawrence, Abney brings these historical movements into contemporary pertinence. - Nina Chanel Abney Presents Expansive Exhibition - via Sugarcane
"I made collages with my leftover magazines. I did it on a bulletin board that was over my stereo so I could keep changing the collage when I got bored with it." - Older Generations Are Sharing How They Had Fun Before The Internet, And It Really Shows How Creative People Used To Be - via BuzzFeed
Inspired by Dada and Surrealism, Anja Brunt’s instinctive paper medleys evoke a sense of whimsy, spontaneity, and randomness. The Amsterdam-based graphic designer has been creating assemblages for six years as a way to relax. After falling in love with the many possibilities of the medium, she began to work intuitively, cutting and arranging vintage ephemera into iterations of bodies, buildings, and bold text. - Anja Brunt’s Clever Collages Give Ephemeral Articles a Second Life - via Colossal
Fans around the world united over the weekend to celebrate May the 4th, a day that's turned into a full-blown holiday to commemorate the popular movie franchise "Star Wars." This year, the company that created the films tapped a Minnesota collage artist to create a piece to celebrate the occasion. From cabin scapes to classic cars, artist and Minnehaha Academy teacher Nathan Stromburg crystallizes cherished memories into collages for clients. - Minnesota artist tapped by Lucasfilm to create "Star Wars" collage for May the 4th holiday - via CBS News
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 2024 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!
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