Collage

• Collage is a way of making a new work of

art out of pre-existing materials. There are

endless ways of recombining images and

materials to create new meanings.

• Collage art allows the artist to generate a

new, personalized context for visual

information that may be typically viewed in

only one way.

• The resultant work of art is also known as a collage.

• Though the practice of combining various pieces of graphic ephemera into a new whole has existed for hundreds of years, the invention of collage as a fine art form is attributed to Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Georges Braque in the early 20th century.

• Collage is a technique employed in many styles of Modern art, including Surrealism, Dadaism and Pop Art.

Henri

Matisse Birth name: Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse

Born: 31 December 1869 (1869-12-31)

Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Nord

Died: 3 November 1954 (1954-11-04) (aged 84)

Nice, Alpes-Maritimes

Nationality: French

Field Painting:

printmaking, sculpture, drawing, collage

Movement:

Fauvism, modernism, impressionism

Materials • A collage can be made from any materials that can

be glued or otherwise adhered to one another. « Papier colle » is a French term that refers to a collage made from cut and reassembled fragments of paper.

• To make this kind of collage, you will need some visual source material, scissors or a hobby knife, some type of glue and a surface on which to assemble your collage.

• Source material can be, but need not be limited to, old magazines and newspapers, photographs, post cards, wrapping paper and drawings.

• Any type of water-based glue is suitable because it is non-toxic and doesn't have a strong odor. Support surfaces can be any type of paper. A stiff paperboard, such as cardboard or card stock will give your finished collage increased durability.

Techniques

Cut your source material into various shapes with scissors or a hobby knife. Cut along the contours of forms in photographs or cut out abstract shapes. The greater variance of shapes and sizes you cut will enhance the visual impact of your collage.

Follow the instructions on the glue that you choose to work with to achieve the best results. Most water-based glue works by applying some of the glue to the back of a piece of paper and sticking the piece into place.

Overlap the elements of your collage in imaginative ways to make a most interesting collage.

Pablo Picasso

Picasso the Legend

• By the late '30s, Picasso was the most

famous artist in the world. He was called

upon to depict the brutality of fascist

aggression in the Spanish Civil War with

his monumental "Guernica".

Picasso the Legend

Cultural collage

-Picasso

Kahlo Frida

Salvador

Dali

(1975 -

collage

on

postcard)

The First Days of Spring (1929 - oil & collage on panel)

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