The phrase
"small collages" refers to small artworks made by sticking together different materials, such as paper, photographs, and fabrics, to create a picture or design.
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From 1954 to 1960, Alex made a number
of small collages of still life compositions, local Maine landscapes and small figures [3].
Also in the late 1950s, he made a number of
small collages from over-painted printed images cut into strips and then rearranged.
The elegant abstractions of Sedje Hémon (1923 — 2011) come across as sympathetic, although faintly dated, and
small collages by Elisabeth Wild appear as average, if not mediocre, formal experiments.
In the adjacent galleries, a series of
smaller collaged works on paper expand upon imagery found in Forevermore.
All of the paintings in the exhibition began
as small collage studies, which were utilized as maquettes for much larger works that were transferred onto canvas as a blueprint of the original, and then heavily embellished with multiple layers of paint.
Ruscha first came to prominence there in the late 1950s
with small collages that he made which were influenced by those of Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg.
Walking through, I was reminded of the Henri Matisse: The Cut - Outs (October 12, 2014 — February 10, 2015) at MoMA; it's interesting to note that Moyer plans her compositions by
making small collages from cut paper.
Mary Lum «s exhibition of
small collages at Yancey Richardson Gallery is a jewel of masterful manipulation of material and imagery by an artist with a keen sense of intuition for both.
Moyer begins a painting by
creating small collages from cut paper, using the bold, graphic shapes as scaffolding for expanses of poured acrylic, a medium she prefers both for its material versatility and its popular connotations: a type of plastic, it gives form to everything from toys to nail polish.
These days I start work by making
small collages based on shapes preloaded from a long - accumulated image bank.
This painting showed a Madonna decorated with resin - covered elephant dung and surrounded by
small collaged images of female genitalia from pornographic magazines.
Divided in 6 separate rooms, the installation includes some 60 individual stoneware and porcelain pieces, as well as couple of rare editions on paper by Kusaka, and around 40 pieces by Wood, ranging from
small collage showing his studio process, limited edition multiples, a series of floral pieces on paper, all the way to monumental oil and acrylic pieces on canvas.
Offering insights into his
exquisite small collages, the artist discusses an artistic practice that began at age forty - one and has continued into his ninety - second year.
This will be Kofie's second solo show with White Walls, and will include 30 recent works including
smaller collage case studies on paper, hand painted multiple screen prints, assemblage on wood, paintings on canvas and wood and a large wall installation.
HP: I began
doing small collages based on the outdoor paintings in 1980, trying to get more involved with color.
Τhe monuments took the form of
small collages such as a crayon image of a fat, fuzzy teddy bear looming over the grassy fields of New York's Central Park and «Lipsticks in Piccadilly Circus, London».
In 1953, Krasner began to destroy both Pollock's and her own work to
generate small collages composed of the fragments of sliced canvases.
A selection of the artist's
small collaged drawings, sparsely populated by sketched, cartoonish images of jewels, magazine cutouts and a USDA food pyramid amid an array of gestural marks, hint at the roots of the large paintings» abstract forms.
So, having spent the morning looking at the predominantly cinematic John Hoyland canvases in the inaugural «Power Stations» exhibition at Damien Hirst's Newport Street Gallery (NSG), an afternoon session viewing John Bunker's
comparatively small collages at the Westminster Reference Library was a suitable combination and, by good chance, seen in the right order.
Many of these items can be rotated or adjusted, suggesting a variability that finds it fullest expression in the three small panels — each
containing smaller collages and similarly sealed in Plexiglas — that connect to the main panel by way of thin chains.
Her debut solo show, entitled Disco Ball Soul is a testament to this, formed of more than 90
small collage works created over a decade from photographs and journal entries, as well as 14 large - scale photographs.
His bold, busy canvases usually begin their lives
as small collages, literally cut and pasted from the pages of magazines and art history.
He showed a number of
small collages at a two - man exhibition, together with Marc Ratliff, at Judson Gallery.
Not to be missed are the four
small collages from «The Aegean Series» (1983) including the translucent cut paper with drawing overlays of «Samos # 19» and the almost - Klee - like iconography of «Samos # 28.»
A beautiful series
of small collages on paperboard, inspired in part by the work of Joseph Cornell, makes extensive use of found images.
Lastly, the killer antique mirrored console table with statement stools topped with
a smaller collage of framed art from Minted serves as a great piece to house books, the cutest little gold lamp, and most likely a necessary DVR.
Norte Maar reported the sale of
a small collage by Bushwick musician and artist Oliver Ralli at the fair, along with several pieces by the artist's Friday evening at their physical space.
Katz: For a good four years from 1954 - 1960, I was doing a lot of
small collages of still - lifes, Maine landscapes and small figures, which were no more than twelve inches.
I'm pleased to announce that an essay of mine is included in the catalogue accompanying «Joseph Fiore:
Small Collages», an exhibition currently on display at Meredith Ward Fine Art.
The piece's three components —
a small collage, a drawing, and a resin - coated shard of painted cardboard leaning against the wall — form a colloquy on the modernist figure.
Yet
the smaller collaged shapes in the right - hand image couldn't have been cut from the first drawing, where they are drawn in solid black.
His photographs explore removing the traditional sense of masculinity inherent in the superhero narrative, a process that Alario and Keyes enacted literally within
the small collages included in the show.
While the work clearly recalls Stella's iconic series of black and aluminum paintings, with their repeating monochrome bands, this piece is in fact
a small collage of metal foil applied to Masonite, and it has a wonderfully handmade quality that's perfectly in line with his early Minimalism.
The intimacy comes from
small collages, pasted with little if any reworking.
Hi I agree, but I think
her small collages are her own, yes some of the large paintings of hers are derivative.
Also on view will be an extensive collection of
smaller collages, six single module landscapes and both a figure and study from Yellin's landmark series of Psychogeographies.
A large photostat projection adapted from
a small collage, the work is featured in «Project Gallery: Romare Bearden,» an exhibition of 21 black - and white - works the artist produced in 1964, which is on view through June 26.
He begins with
a small collage, then carefully enlarges the image into a painting.