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The Surreal Face, Part Two
“If we adopt a surrealist viewpoint, art logically must be and naturally will tend to be surrealist, and thus be justifiable only in its ability to reveal the new, the ‘never seen,’ the parallel...
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Dada Centennial Exhibition to open in Santa Fe
As part of the celebratory observation of the Dada Centennial organized by Cecil Touchon, I picked three of my experiments from earlier in the year (March 6th — March 7th — March 21st) to refine and...
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a medium in need of an internal critique
“If you’re coasting, you’re going downhill.” — L W Pierson Awhile ago, someone asked a question about the trajectory of collage: “What’s Next?” To ponder that, I remind myself that one thoughtful...
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DADA CENTENNIAL Day of the Dead
It is with high anticipation that I await my first look at the new publication which documents the Dada Centennial exhibition organized by the Ontological Museum. My sincere thanks to Cecil Touchon for...
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Top collage artists I never even knew about !!!
“I have always tried to exploit the photograph. I use it like color, or as the poet uses the word.” — Hannah Höch It is always a temptation for a so-called blogger to dangle a “best of” or “top...
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Master of Merz
“Schwitters began making collages in 1918 and produced them in large numbers for the remainder of his career. In 1919 he began using the term ‘Merz’ (which originated from the German word ‘Kommerz’,...
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Precursors have precursors
“We do not analyze works of art because we want to imitate them or because we distrust them.” — Paul Klee The other day the world learned about an unpublished Ernest Hemingway short story. If there...
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Worthy of note . . .
Sharing a major announcement in the world of collage and assemblage: The Ontological Museum has undertaken an entire makeover of its online archives. Let all doff their hats to Cecil Touchon! Beware —...
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Therapeutic factionalism or personal catharsis?
“Anger is a very limiting emotion. There’s not much you can do with it. There’s no hope in it.” — Wendell Berry There was a time when the arts may have held the capacity to alter the world around us....
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The Apprentice Merzologist
“For some time, we have been inspired by the work of mr.babies. He frequently uses large eyes and sweeping vistas. His work, while expressive and multicolored, also hints at the human longing for...
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Good Ol’ Boy Dada
“When Schwitters made the first collage by literally picking up a piece of rubbish, a sweet wrapper, a bus ticket and a piece of wood, that was pure invention.” — Sir Peter Blake For the many who...
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