tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38060345.post7368532084288974343..comments2024-01-31T21:37:35.322-08:00Comments on collage clearinghouse: My Collage HeroesJulie Takacshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13321117239292373395noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38060345.post-21212291162748567202008-09-23T06:19:00.000-07:002008-09-23T06:19:00.000-07:00I am a latecomer to this site and being an afficio...I am a latecomer to this site and being an afficionado of the medium, I'm glad to be here at last. I do find that a lot of contemporary collage lacks the authority and gravitas of Hoch and Cornell. Schwitters and Rauchenberg also point up the potential of collage imagery. Laura mentioned Donna Watson and I was delighted to be directed to her work. Here is an artist who is in control of her medium; and not dictated by the easy lure of discordant juxtapositions which collage so easily throws up.christa aachenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01302857374796313576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38060345.post-15095412998602901292008-06-09T14:12:00.000-07:002008-06-09T14:12:00.000-07:00hi, I suggest you to read of Georges Simic "dime-s...hi, I suggest you to read of Georges Simic "dime-store alchemy, the art of joseph cornell" a small book explaining how life and art lead joseph cornell to that dreamy perception of daily debris. And what about Nicolàs de Lekuona??? his collagist life whas short as his life indeed... but strong collage.... he was only 24 when he died in the early 30s, his work had a great aesthetic tendency. www.nicolasdelekuona.orgclocharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00608977734113023211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38060345.post-70378255608631488572008-05-28T05:48:00.000-07:002008-05-28T05:48:00.000-07:00Cornell is a fave of mine. I see his works and I m...Cornell is a fave of mine. I see his works and I marvel at the simple beauty. Makes me want to play with colored sands.Julie Takacshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13321117239292373395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38060345.post-72275161185193403962008-05-27T16:55:00.000-07:002008-05-27T16:55:00.000-07:00Jess is great. Tricky Cad!Jess is great. Tricky Cad!MATTHEW ROSEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06387040518467600743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38060345.post-59658354293275513432008-05-26T04:53:00.000-07:002008-05-26T04:53:00.000-07:00Thank you Daniel for jumping in and sharing your h...Thank you Daniel for jumping in and sharing your hero's, Joesph is one of my personal favorites long with Rauschenber. And now you have opened the door even wider. What do you say about the different styles of collage out there. The time period of Dadaism and the artist now on the scene like our Donna Watson? http://www.donnawatsonstudios.com/<BR/>not to compare artist but is seems that there our the different styles out there which is good, I think? <BR/>~v~LauraLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16480848783290971998noreply@blogger.com