OM.2012.029 & 030 - Keith Pace - USA

"B - 16" is a Keith Buchholz piece I got in an exchange a while ago.  I added the Pope (it really needed him).

I call it B - 16 (in Bingo 16 is in the "I" column).  For Benedict XVI I could have used "B - XVI", but I wanted a stronger link to the game.

 

OM.2012.029 & 030 - Keith Pace - USA

"Dangerous Animals" is a new piece.  I am primarily using my own photographs in most of my current photomontage work.  I think most people will find a connection between a rhino and an automatic firearm.

OM.2012.027 & 028 Susanne Thing Skene - Canada

OM.2012.027 & 028 Susanne Thing Skene - Canada

OM.2012.026 - Kathleen McHugh - USA

OM.2012.026 - Kathleen McHugh - USA - Box Assemblage

Size: 3.5 x 3.5 x 2.

Media: Watercolor, dyes, acrylic, ink and pastel  on Asian papers, and blown egg / with peacock feather.

mchughart.net

OM.2012.025 - K. S. Ernst - USA

OM.2012.025 - K. S. Ernst - USA - "The Sound of My Voice" - Shadow box assemblage
http://ksernst.com/home.html

OM.2012.024 - Gary A. Bibb - USA

 

OM.2012.024 - Gary A. Bibb - USA - 2012 - "Nota Bene - 562" - collage w/ mixed media
     4.5" x 3.625"

garyabibb-art.blogspot.com

OM.2012.023 - Gary Bibb - USA

  OM.2012.023 - Gary Bibb - USA - 2012 -  "Black Twine #14" -  found object construction (or assemblage) -  4.25" x 3.25" x 1" 

garyabibb-art.blogspot.com

OM.2012.022 - Rob Angus - Australia - Collage Centennial

OM.2012.022 - Rob Angus - Australia - Triptych of Smiles - 2011 -  Collage construction - H 7” x W 13 ¼” x D 1 ½” - Materials: Paper covered, recycled picture frame with applied beads, photos, batik and
other found objects.

Om.2012.021 - Nikki Soppelsa - USA - Collage Centennial

Om.2012.021 - Nikki Soppelsa - USA - 'I Made This!' - collage - 7.25 x 13.75 inches
Antique/cabinet photo, prepared/found papers, ephemera, beeswax ... on book board.

Artist's Statement:

In the late 1960s, I made a few collages and can't remember what inspired me to begin. However, I do remember tearing up magazines, crumpling the images, soaking them in tea and scattering them over heated floors to dry. I still have them...they are my foundation. I returned to collage in 2009 and since, am always in the process of doing.

Working with ongoing series which sometimes include my photography, I enjoy combining the art along with often a subtle humor, my own love and collection of ephemera, early photographs, and am intrigued by what can come from the scraps created from my other collages. All of this, its components spanning 100 years, comes together in this piece, 'I Made This!' ... inspired by the centennial.

Nikki Soppelsa
01.2012 

http://NikkiSoppelsa.blogspot.com

OM.2012.020 Matthew Rose - France - Collage Centennial

 

 OM.2012.020  - Matthew Rose - France - Queen Rose Score - collage

 

OM.2012.020 Back - Matthew Rose - France - Queen Rose Score 

Medium: Collage on paper, 2012.

Size: 9 x 12 inches.

Website: http://matthewrosestudio.net/

http://matthewroseartworks.blogspot.com/

OM.2012.019 - David Dellafiora - Australia - Collage Centennial

OM.2012.019 - David Dellafiora - Australia - "Tip Top - As Seen on TV" - matchbox collage

http://daviddellafiora.blogspot.com/

OM.2012.018 - Liz Yates - United Kingdom - Collage Centennial

OM.2012.018 - Liz Yates - United Kingdom - collage - 8x10 inches

OM.2012.017 - Gail D. Whitter - Canada - Collage Centennial

OM.2012.017 - c- Canada - collage - 4x6 inches

OM.2012.015 & OM.2012.016 Annette Geistfeld - USA - for Collage Centennial

 OM.2012.015 Annette Geistfeld - USA - 'Primavera' - postcard sized collage - 6x4 inches

 OM.2012.016 Annette Geistfeld - USA - 'Haiku' - postcard sized collage - 6x4 inches

ARTIST STATEMENT:
Collage allows total freedom of expression without boundaries or limits.  What bliss!

OM.2012.014 - Keith Pace (USA) for Collage Centennial

OM.2012.014 - Kieth Pace - USA - "BONE APPETIT" - Assemblage - 15" x 11" x 2" - Wood serving tray with dinner plate, silverware, and bones. WEB: zhibit.org/kpaceart

OM.2012.012 & OM.2012.013 - Todd Bartel - USA - Collage Centennial

 OM.2012.012 - Todd Bartel - USA - Collage Centennial

Witness: Landscape with Table and Still Life (Figs)—“A View of Dunbarton Rock and the Clyde from Langback,” by John Knox, with Marqueterie-De-Paille Side Table, by Jean-Michel Frank
Puzzle-piece collage, using auction house catalogs, with archival tape, mounted on museum board, in artist made frame.
6 ¼”x 6 ¾”
Framed: 16 3/8” x 17 5/8”

OM.2012.013 - Todd Bartel - USA - Collage Centennial

Witness: Negative Space with Landscape (Cows)—Space left by Jean-Michel Frank’s “Marqueterie-De-Paille Side Table,” with “A View of Dunbarton Rock and the Clyde from Langback,” by John Knox
Puzzle-piece collage, using auction house catalogs, with archival tape, mounted on museum board, in artist made frame.
7 ¼” x 4 ½”
Framed: 17 5/8 x 16”

OM.2012.010 &OM.2012.011 - Margaret Suchland - USA For Collage Centennial

 OM.2012.010 - Margaret Suchland - USA - Postcard Collage - 4x6 inches

OM.2012.011 - Margaret Suchland - USA - Postcard Collage - 4x6 inches

http://margaretsuchland.com/

STATEMENT:
I'm attracted to collage because it is truly a universal language.  Collage making is something I can do anywhere and doesn't require costly materials.  Creating a collage can be as simple as tearing up old magazines and pasting together images to say something new. This process allows me to create new realities.  It's magical and it is the randomness, playfulness and the unexpected results found in joining unrelated items that excite me.  Collage goes against predictability. I enjoy the spontaneity and the feeling of complete freedom that it allows me.

OM.2012.009 - Ginny Graves - USA - Collage Centennial

OM.2012.009

web site: www.cubekc.org

Art Work
Artist Name: Ginny Graves/Tucson, AZ
Name of Work: Road Kill (A Commentary on Life in the Twos)
Medium: mixed (newspaper headlines, rubber stamp, handmade paper, tissue paper transfer)
Appropriations: Kate Breakey
Size 6.5x4
Year: 2012


Road Kill (A Commentary on Life in the Twos)

Collage has the immediate result of allowing the artist to experiment freely, to appreciate the joy of unlimited experimentation, and to experience the surprise of unanticipated outcomes. Following this is the possibility for application of the artist’s own inventions, skills and discipline, at any level. Making collage—a great application for artistic creation...and a lesson for living Life.

OM.2012.007 & 008 - Marissa Tirone - Italy - Collage Centennial

OM.2012.007 - Marissa Tirone - Italy -  Collage - 7.5 x 5.5 inches

OM.2012.008 - Marissa Tirone - Italy -  Collage - 7.5 x 5.5 inches

ARTIST STATEMENT:

In my work, collage is used as an investigative method to discover intersections within a strict palette of color fields, patterns, textures, and materials.  Trained as an architect, I am particularly interested in the ambiguity of spatial boundaries.  Collage allows for the perceptible weaving of foreground, middle ground, and background.  This fluid dynamism is in tension with the apparent physical flatness of the composition.

Simple watercolor swatches provide a neutral background for the collages, which are meticulously cut, paired, and joined. Here, the goal was to use collage as a generative tool for architectural design, finding spatial relationships within the work while exploring themes of alignment, axis, overlap, layering, displacement, and multiplicity.

OM.2012.005 & 006 - Marci Ness - USA - Collage Centennial

OM.2012.005 - Marci Ness - USA - collage - 6x4 inches

OM.2012.006 - Marci Ness - USA - collage - 6x4 inches

OM.2012.003 & 004 - Jane Peterson - USA - Collage Centennial

OM.2012.003 - Jane Peterson - USA - collage - 4x6 inches

OM.2012.004 - Jane Peterson - USA - collage - 4x6 inches

OM-2012-001and002 - Judy Schumann - USA - Collage Centennial

OM.2012.002 - Judy Schumann - USA - collage - 4x6 inches

OM.2012.001 - Judy Schumann - USA - collage - 4x6 inches