WORDS TO LIVE BY
“The true artist is connected. The true artist studies the past, not as a copyist or a pasticheur will study the past, those people are interested only in the final product, the art object, signed sealed and delivered to a public drugged on reproduction. The true artist is interested in the art object as an art process, the thing in being, the being of the thing, the struggle, the excitement, the energy, that have found expression in a particular way. The true artist is after the problem. The false artist wants it solved (by somebody else).”
― Jeanette Winterson
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NEWS
Labyrinth of Wind: Poems and Collages - English collage artist Clive Knights and Canadian poet Terriann Walling have just published a new book collaboration titled Labyrinth of Wind: Poems and Collages. The co-authors met in July 2022 at the Chateau d'Orquevaux artist residency in France and over the last 2 years have generated a unique creative collaboration in which 52 original poems are paired with 52 unique collage characters that form a magical community trapped inside a mythical labyrinth. The creative interpretations unfolded in both directions with poems inspiring collages and collages inspiring poems, and in one instance, Boatman, they crossover disciplines. The poems and collage characters offer strange, thought-provoking insights into the vast array of beautiful idiosyncrasies found in human nature, fragments of each we often discover in ourselves when we least expect it. The 120-page full-colour book is now available on Amazon by following this link (and worldwide at all Amazon marketplaces).
EXHIBITION: Ali Atakay will present his debut solo exhibition, "Textured Perception" from October 8th to November 8th. This exhibition showcases a captivating series of collage works that explore textuality, context, and texture through diverse perceptions. The opening reception will be held on October 11th at 7 PM at Centre Anim' Binet in Paris. More information is here.
The highlights of the Zürcher show (and, indeed, of Joan’s entire body of work) are his Bird Lives! pieces, which showcase many of Joans’s stylistic signatures, including collage, uncanny silhouettes, wordy intrusions, and an ecstatic jazz spirit bursting forth from the canvas. - A Black Surrealist Finally Gets His Due - via Vulture
Turner Prize nominee Delaine Le Bas’s current exhibition “Delainia: 17071965 Unfolding” (on view through October 13, 2024) is an enticing tour de force. Within this sprawling, multilayered, calico-tented environment, visitors encounter objects within various zones and settings that serve as exploratory spaces. Through an interweaving of textiles, embroidery, painting, collage, costume, soundscapes, installation, and performance, Le Bas draws on her British Romani heritage to survey centuries-old outsider tropes, fears, and witch hunts, frequently gesturing toward stereotypes directed at Romani, Gypsy, and Traveler peoples - Delaine Le Bas - via Sculpture
How would you find home row in fourth-grade typing class if there were 1,700 keys in front of you? Lola Dupre’s latest collages would be intimidating to even the most ambitious student. - From Early Computers to Ships at Sea, Lola Dupre Warps Everyday Objects - via Colossal
McLennon Pen Co. Gallery will premiere a traveling exhibition showcasing a first look at new collage and resin paintings by artist Ashley Swarts. - Swarts’ ‘Waiting for a Sign’ travels to Marfa for pop-up - via The Big Bend Sentinel
Everything I do is one of a kind. I think of myself as an artist who combines collage and printmaking. When I begin a piece, I pick a theme: comics, old books, or maps, then I edit. Editing is time consuming but it’s fun, I get to go through my many paper collections which are an essential component in my work. - The Daily Heller: Dizzy for Dots, Dots and More Dots - via Print
I first saw Evan Halter’s fastidious trompe l’oeil paintings in 2014 at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, where he was earning his MFA and I was teaching. By this time, he was already mixing together a section of a classical painting with something seen from the real world, such as a plumb bob. After he graduated, I visited his studio a handful of times. I was particularly intrigued by the idiosyncratic nature of his project, which includes a deep devotion to Northern and Italian Renaissance art as well as modernist collage. - The Nostalgia of Painting - via Hyperallergic
Growing up in Lagos, Emma Odumade always drew cartoons and created collages on paper. As he continued to make work, his interest grew in highlighting the world around him, especially young people in his community. - Collaged Portraits by Emma Odumade Draw on the Past to Face the Future - via Colossal
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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 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!
And last but not least, have a look at and/or submit to our ‘other’ 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