Contemporary Collage
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CA$230.00
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Join teacher Ann Clarke for a 10 week exploration of contemporary collage techniques. The art term collage originates from the French verb, coller, meaning 'to glue.' This process of affixing objects to a surface is probably as old as paper itself, but it didn't become popular in the art world until about the 1920s. Artists including Pablo Picasso, Hannah Höch, Henri Matisse and Romare Bearden each implemented this method. They began using collage as a more modern approach to making art. By cutting and pasting, they were able to deconstruct the subject they were depicting. They could then reassemble and glue it back together again in an entirely new way.
Found images and materials, along with hand-made surfaces and subjects, assembled for their visual form, can reach new and complex levels of meaning. Using the ephemera of every-day living, new connections are made between apparently unrelated images, shapes, and colours. Works are created that transcend the limitations of previously held associations. They can be intensely personal and yet may also reflect the contemporary visual codes and language of their culture. Tuesday afternoons, 1 - 4 p.m. starting Sept. 20th.
Found images and materials, along with hand-made surfaces and subjects, assembled for their visual form, can reach new and complex levels of meaning. Using the ephemera of every-day living, new connections are made between apparently unrelated images, shapes, and colours. Works are created that transcend the limitations of previously held associations. They can be intensely personal and yet may also reflect the contemporary visual codes and language of their culture. Tuesday afternoons, 1 - 4 p.m. starting Sept. 20th.