Archive for the ‘Various & Sundry’ Category

Various and Sundry Scraps ~ No.4

Saturday, September 7th, 2019

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Scottish National Gallery: Challenging the customary timeline of collage.

Sabine Remy’s talk about her collage-a-day residency in Georgia.

Teri Dryden’s art is rooted in collage and never left it behind.

Investigate this open submission collage competition.

And now, for only the most hopeless of Schwitters devotees.

My thanks to everyone responsible for all the content at these links.

Various and Sundry Scraps ~ No.3

Thursday, December 27th, 2018

Litch’s ‘Manifesto” — good, unpretentious stuff from a working artist.
Save this link to keep an eye on Plastikcomb, or to submit content.
Everything one could want to know about Merzbau.

Fascinating, even if you don’t understand German. Pay particular attention
to the correct pronunciation of Schwitters and Merzbild.

Appreciating KS as a hero of the mind.

My thanks to everyone responsible for the outstanding content at these links.

Various and Sundry Scraps ~ No.2

Saturday, October 6th, 2018

Collage is painting, so Cinta can inform and inspire collage.
Many of us wanted to stow ourselves in Teri’s art-supply case.
I’ve lost count of all the things I admire about Sheldon’s artistry.
Cecil: The “spectacularness” of the harmony of all things.
The opposite of collage — two solid hours of Wesley at work.

My thanks to everyone who created these featured videos.

Various and Sundry Scraps ~ No.1

Thursday, April 26th, 2018

Don’t we all want to be Cecil when we grow up?
There was a time when Merz was deemed degenerate.
Destruction of the Merzbau and the human toll in Hannover.
Kurt Schwitters and his fellow artists in captivity.
How synthetic cubism led to collage as a modern art.

Thanks to The Kurt Schwitters Society for sharing several of these links.