Thursday 18 July 2019

Fun with Collage

Yesterday I went to the excellent Cut and Paste: 400 Years of Collage exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art 2 (you can read my review of the exhibition here).

I came back from the exhibition inspired and spent the evening creating my own collages. Although I admire many different types of collages, I like to keep the ones I make simple (too many collage elements can look really cluttered unless you really know what you're doing). I make a lot of greetings cards, many of which are decorated with simple collages. All my collages incorporate cuttings from magazines and other small upcycled paper elements.

Last night though I wanted to experiment a little. The collages are still very simple but are unlikely to adorn greetings cards. Taking inspiration from the history of political protest and commentary in collage art I made some, like the one below to make a point about disappearing seabirds



Then I made a series with the faces cut out and replaced with a grid like pattern, to represent the anonymous aspect to certain elements of modern life, this one is the best I think



and some I made just for fun









3 comments:

Draffin Bears said...

Hi Juliet,

Must have been an interesting exhibition and thanks for sharing.
Your collages were good to see.
Enjoy the weekend
hugs
Carolyn

ShonagMc said...

What fun and a great thing to do. I love the faceless people. Oh, and the cat😹

Lowcarb team member said...

I enjoyed seeing your collages.

All the best Jan