WORDS TO LIVE BY
“A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.”
― Albert Camus
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The name A.I. doesn’t really mean anything to me—that’s a broad term. Intelligence is intelligence, but I’m more interested in behavior and synthesis and collage. I always train my own datasets rather than working with the larger models that are pre-trained. I think training datasets is where a lot of the agency comes in. - ‘A Collaborator Who Understood My Vision’: Laurie Simmons, Casey Reas, and Mario Klingemann on How A.I. Is Fueling Creativity - via artnet news
“The multiple layers of lines, latticework, and structures are created using systematic exercises that rely solely on collage as a central role,” Brinker said in a statement. “I have a back-and-forth dialogue using digital means in the form of computers, scanners, and printers combined with hand-cut paper, paint, and pencil.” - Harvey Preston Gallery to show the work of local artist Robert Brinker - via The Aspen Times
In most of my creative practice, I usually start by considering the use of water-soluble materials like acrylic to lay down all or part of the base colour, then I outline all the shapes with charcoal sticks or pencils. This process may involve repeated modifications. Oil paints or other media materials are then applied on this basis, including the use of collage, which brings different sensations. - Poetry of the Everyday - via Aesthetica
ROSEGALLERY is pleased to present Fragmented Lucidity: The Art of Collage and Photomontage, a presentation of works by Katrien De Blauwer, Ken Graves, and Kensuke Koike. - FRAGMENTED LUCIDITY, Santa Monica, CA, 9 December 2023 - 13 January 2024
"This lovely book set me on my current path," says Makino, whose father is also Japanese. She started combining her haiku with simple brush paintings, which evolved to Asian-inspired watercolors and then collages. - Annette Makino's Life in Collage - via NCJ
“They didn’t all want to do dioramas necessarily,” she said. “They wanted to do their stuff, but they were going to do something that went along with the idea of assemblages, collages and stuff. They all said ‘Okay, we’ll do whatever.’ And I said ‘That’s fine. I trust all of you.’ ” - Regional artists bring heads together, collaborate on Kolva-Sullivan Gallery show ‘That, Through Which We See … Differing Points of View’ - via The Spokesman Review
We've seen motion gain importance for years now. Canva thinks 2024 will see intricate shifting motion collages become all the rage, inspired by zine culture, handmade scrapbooks and photo collages. It grabs attention, and the sightly retro handmade feel taps into some other trends that we're seeing. On which note... - Canva thinks these will be the hot design trends of 2024 - via Creative Bloq
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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
Happy Holidays and thank you for all that you do!