The latest British Art Show is a magnificent mélange of ideas, says Laura McLean-Ferris – and a testament to the rude health of our contemporary scene
Image by Barbara Kruger Inspired by the art of Barbara Kruger, students conducted research on a social issu...
Since its inception, Hollywood has shown us an image of unattainable youth and glamour, though quite frankly, French collage artist Matthieu Bourel doesn't seem too impressed. Whether in his hand-cut collages or entrancing animated GIFs, Bourel deconstructs images of models and actors of a bygone era. He splices divas' head shots with anatomical diagrams, peeling away what looks like layers of skin to reveal veins and eyeballs. In other works, faces come off like masks only to reveal more removable faces underneath. Bourel's bizarre and slightly morbid work points to the illusions of the entertainment industry. He makes his viewers cognizant of the absurdity of our celebrity-obsessed culture through his strange sense of humor.
Madrid-based artist and photographer Pablo Thecuadro uses fashion editorials, some photos shot by himself some shot by other photographers, to create something new. He crafts abstract art by cutting given picture composition digitally as well as physically and in this way builds an extraordinary imagery. Thecuadro breaks away from viewing habits in fashion industry and […]
As the first retrospective of the work of Hannah Höch opens at the Whitechapel Gallery, AnOther presents a collection of the best collage art
Erwin Blumenfeld began taking snap shots as child in Berlin. He got involved with the Dada movement in 1921 producing a series of remarkable collages. Blumenfeld moved to Holland in 1918. His career as a professional photographer began almost by accident. To support himself, he opened a s
New collage art by Matthieu Bourel.
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As the first retrospective of the work of Hannah Höch opens at the Whitechapel Gallery, AnOther presents a collection of the best collage art
MARCIN II, 2003, 51" x 35", framed, under plexiglas. This is collage that is made out of printed photograph and each print of that photograph was done on different kind of paper and each is different size. Collaged together they represent new peron with the same genetic material.
A collaborator of Pedro Almodovar's, Argentine-born artist Juan Gatti has credits that include graphic designer for films such as Volver, The Skin I Live In and The Flower of My Secret. Based in Madrid, the artist creates brightly-colored collages that complement the Spanish director's color-saturated cinematography and penchant for visual flourishes. Gatti's collages in the series "Ciencias Naturales" ("Natural Sciences" in English) turn the human anatomy into a canvas for his baroque, tropical arrangements that lie somewhere on the spectrum between still life and portrait. Take a look at some of Juan Gatti's collages after the jump.
Des(z)retrato [unportrait] 2010 10 fotografias cortadas e sobrepostas entre chapas de acrílico | 10 cut-out photographs and acrylic layers | 41x31cm "I said, "Rock, what's a matter with you, Rock?" "Don't you see I need you, Rock?" Lord, Lord, Lord All along dem day So I run to the river, it was bleedin' I run to the sea, it was bleedin' I run to the sea, it was bleedin' All along dem day"
