THE WEEKENDER 19 | 2025
Collage News & Inspiration
WORDS TO LIVE BY
“There is at the back of every artist’s mind something like a pattern and a type of architecture. The original quality in any (wo!)man of imagination is imagery. It is a thing like the landscape of his (or her) dreams; the sort of world (s)he would like to make or in which (s)he would like to wander, the strange flora and fauna, his (or her) own secret planet, the sort of thing (s)he likes to think about. This general atmosphere, and pattern or a structure of growth, governs all his (or her) creations, however varied.”
― G.K. Chesterton
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NEWS
EXHIBITION: New York & Paris Collage Ensemble(s) are showing together in Paris. The show is dedicated to threads and textile and their interaction with paper.
Visual, concrete and sound poetry reached new heights of innovation in the 1960s—and The Grolier Club is the place for classic, post-classic and contemporary experimental books and periodicals. On view until July 26, After Words: Visual and Experimental Poetry in Little Magazines and Small Presses, 1960–2025, highlights more than 130 works of visual poetry published by artist-run presses and small magazines during the mimeograph revolution. They trace many forms of experimental poetics, including cut-up, collage, sound poetry scores, performance scripts, practices of “writing through,” erasure, asemic writing, glyph systems, calligraphy, experimental typography, non-Western alphabets, assemblages, and beyond. - The Daily Heller: Wake Up! For the Sleeper Show of the Season at the Grolier - via Print Mag
Helena Wurzel’s paintings and collages depict her two children, her husband, her parents, and their ordinary lives. In “Home Workout,” her son Max and daughter Maya (9 and 7) climb Wurzel like a jungle gym as she exercises. - An artist depicts workaday life, the dishes, the laundry, the parenting - via Boston Globe
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has acquired the works that were featured in Adam Pendleton’s monumental installation at the institution, Who Is Queen? (2019-21). The floor-to-ceiling spatial collage comprised 35 individual paintings, drawings and video works that reflect the artist’s years-long investigation of the “Black Dada”, a conceptual framework Pendleton first outlined in his Black Dada Manifesto (2008). - MoMA acquires works featured in monumental Adam Pendleton installation - via The Art Newspaper
The images were still just pixels on a screen. I selected the most promising scenes, and had them printed on canvas. These prints then formed the backgrounds on top of which I painted as I normally would, layering a collage of figurative elements that seem to emerge from the background swirl. - How I taught and AI to think like a painter - via Financial Times
An Armenian American woman’s childhood memories of the Lebanese Civil War come roaring back on 9/11 in the lyrical latest from Kricorian (All the Light There Was). Vera Serinossian, a collage artist, is about to begin a marriage counseling session with her husband on the Upper West Side when they learn about the attack on the World Trade Center. - The Burning Heart of the World - via Publisher’s Weekly
The Mezzanine Gallery in Wilmington has unveiled a powerful new exhibition by Delaware artist Shefon N. Taylor, whose mixed-media collages delve into the complex terrain of memory, beauty, and cultural identity. - Delaware artist Shefon N. Taylor explores memory and identity in new collage exhibit - via Delaware Live
Simpson began making collages, clipping out the women and giving them watercolor perms in “unnatural” shades such as lime green and violet. “It was a relief to not have to make sense,” she told me. - How Lorna Simpson Broke the Frame - via The New Yorker
One contribution has yet to be completed: all of the participating artists will be working on a single, large-scale collage throughout the exhibit, which will be on display through May 26. - Reston art gallery pieces together collaborative collage exhibit - via FFXnow
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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