2011 - Ontological Museum Acquisitions
Sunday, August 14, 2016
Saturday, July 23, 2016
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Friday, November 30, 2012
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Saturday, August 25, 2012
OM.2011.227 - Luc Fierens - Belgium
OM.2011.227 - Luc Fierens - Belgium - chapbook (20 pages) by Luc Fierens from Reed Altemus's Tonerworks - edition of 75 - gift of Reed Altemus
buy a copy http://www.reedaltemus.org/publications/
Saturday, August 18, 2012
OM.2011.223-226 - Bill DiMichele - USA
OM.2011.223-226 - Bill DiMichele - USA - Netherworld 1
through 4 - collage
Collage Statement:
Collage plugs us into the world beyond the world, a cut-up/arrangement of surfaces that point to the magical, the frightening universe of Surrealism. From the ink writers of Japan to Picasso, to Britain's Richard Hamilton, to Max Ernst, collage has been a way through the door of Surrealism, toward the space of the fantastic. This is where we find ourselves, at the doorstep of the interstellar, at the ladder of the mind. And this space cannot be tarnished, cannot be ruined, because it belongs to and only to those who use it.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
OM.2011.222 - Jon Nelson - USA
Jon Nelson - USA - collage
Gift of the artist
Jon Nelson is a collage/assemblage artist who hosted the nationally syndicated radio program Some Assembly Required from 1999-2011. Jon also donated a complete collection of CDs of his shows to the museum. listen here while you check out this blog: http://www.blog.some-assembly-required.net/
You can see some of Jon's visual work at: http://www.mnartists.org/jonathan_nelson
and for information about his sound collage work, go to: http://www.escape-mechanism.com/
You can see some of Jon's visual work at: http://www.mnartists.org/jonathan_nelson
and for information about his sound collage work, go to: http://www.escape-mechanism.com/
Some Assembly Required features work by a variety of artists working with bits and pieces of their media environments, giving something back to the cultural landscape from which they so enthusiastically appropriate.
The genre is still young, despite examples dating as far back as 1961, when James Tenney constructed a tape collage borrowing heavily from cut-up fragments of a recording by Elvis Presley. Both provocative and surreal, this style continues to evolve and to challenge.
The genre is still young, despite examples dating as far back as 1961, when James Tenney constructed a tape collage borrowing heavily from cut-up fragments of a recording by Elvis Presley. Both provocative and surreal, this style continues to evolve and to challenge.
Since its inception in 1999, host Jon Nelson produced over thirty artist features, interviewing everyone from John Oswald and The Evolution Control Committee, to Christian Marclay and DJ Spooky - providing a variety of unique perspectives on the nature of this daring and creative style of expression.
Each Interview Episode is freely available to download HERE. Also check out the SAR Q&A, featuring profiles on over 175 of the sound collage artists played each week on Some Assembly Required.
Each Interview Episode is freely available to download HERE. Also check out the SAR Q&A, featuring profiles on over 175 of the sound collage artists played each week on Some Assembly Required.
Friday, July 27, 2012
Sunday, March 4, 2012
OM.2011.220 - Jonathan Johnson - USA
OM.2011.220 - Jonathan Johnson - collage on paper - 6.25 x 4.5 inches 2010
OM.2011.218 - Suzlee Ibrahim - Malaysia
OM.2011.218 - Suzlee Ibrahim - A Red Story - mixed media collage on paper - 8.25 x 11.75 inches
OM.2011.215 - Predrag Caranovic - Belgrade, Serbia
OM.2011.215 - Predrag.Caranovic - Belgrade, Serbia - Photo of Gypsies
"I bought this picture of Gypsies in the market. At that moment I was reminded of a work-a Man Ray. A few years later I realized it's probably a manufactory for the production bamboo hat. But I do not care. For me, this like exhibition for nothing. This is a picture in a frame collage. This is the story of the photograph."
Monday, January 30, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
OM.2011.213 - Katrien De Blauwer - Begium - Collage Centennial
OM.2011.213 - Katrien De Blauwer - Begium
Four collages each postcard sized work is roughly 4x6 inches
Poetic Noise (2009-2011) Documents, photographs, leaves and other relics from the Republic of GeorgiaFour collages each postcard sized work is roughly 4x6 inches
Born in 1969 in Ronse, Belgium
Lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium
www.katriendeblauwer.com
Monday, January 23, 2012
OM.2011.212 - Angela Caporaso - Italy - Collage Centennial
OM.2011.212 - Angela Caporaso - Italy - "Les Yeux" collage - 6.25 x 4.5 inches - www.angelacaporaso.com |
OM.2011.211 - Marcela Liliana Mander - Argentina - Collage Centennial
Saturday, January 21, 2012
OM.2011.208 &209 - Reed Altemus - USA - Collage Centennial
OM.2011.207 - Margaret Suchland - USA - Collage Centennial
OM.2011.203 through 205 - Lucio Valerio Pini - Italy - Collage Centennial
OM.2011.205 - Lucio Valerio Pini - Italy - collage on card stock - 15.75 x 11 inches |
OM.2011.204 - Lucio Valerio Pini - Italy - collage on card stock - 15.75 x 11 inches |
OM.2011.203 - Lucio Valerio Pini - Italy - collage on card stock - 15.75 x 11 inches |
Artist Statement
I adore creating collages.
An old renewed art, which allows me to express myself with freedom, creativity and fantasy.
With obvious simplicity I put together cuts and scraps of my own or someone else's images.
I put some color spray here and there and fix dreams, memories and feelings on the paper.
The result is a fantastic world of signs, only apparently chaotic.
The unusual elements are superimposed, they mix and they meet to start unusual images.
I try to give body to a nonexistent reality, belonging to a fantastic and poetic world.
A caprice of forms which is seen not only with the eye but also with the imagination.
I try to give a world of emotion to the eyes of those who look upon them.
A game? Maybe or maybe not.
Lucio Valerio Pini
OM.2011.202 - Christian Gastaldi - France - Collage Centennial
Friday, January 20, 2012
OM.2011.201 - Karlyn Atkinson Berg - USA - Collage Centennial
OM.2011.201 - Karlyn Atkinson Berg - “Lace Totem” - Collage on paper |
ARTIST STATEMENT
I do not have a rigid or predetermined structure for the creation of a piece. A single color or shape or image may spark an entire composition. As I sort and work with materials, some will seem to connect individually or in groups creating an interaction in color, space and form. Each added element will build on the previous one by changing, adding, or even eliminating the other components. Knowing what to remove becomes as important as knowing what to add to the work. Whole sections may be chopped up and reassembled or even moved to another work. As the painting unfolds, images change. Realistic objects may no longer be recognizable on their own and will become only an element in the larger sensibility or visual impression. The intention of the work is a visual experience and, like the words of a poem or song, should leave you with an image and emotion.
OM.2011.200 - Win Straube - USA - Collage Centennial
OM.2011.199 - Win Straube - USA -36 x 44.5 inches - digital print of a vintage stamp collage |
Assemblage, collage and constructive art as a genre is constantly evolving to reflect the changes and evolutions of our understanding of the art world at its time of creation. The evolution of these art forms is much like the evolution of physics: we begin with the simple, solid Newtonian rules, but through relativity and quantum dynamics find ourselves in chaos theory with the butterfly effect; transformations building on the simple, creating multi-faceted works which are totally new, more comprehensive, more dimensional renderings of objects and expressions.
The Ebu-Arts philosophy is that its works are not the sole presentation of individualistic themes or thoughts, but are the embodiment of value-enhancing relationships, in the form of individual pieces of precious value joining together, creating a “worth its weight in gold” communal body of its own distinct dimensions and scope. Ebu-Arts pieces, therefore, are fascinating and mind expanding to examine. Better yet for me, when I have the opportunity, I delight in the use of “strange attractors” in the creation of such pieces of art. “Strange” because their diversity is infinitely complex, and “attractors” because in their total they are always drawn toward the behavior represented within them. Spooky? I hope not! But truly entertaining and very informative, regardless whether passively enjoyed or actively created.
That is what my submission pieces of Ebu-Arts#1 and Ebu-Arts#2 represent: In this case mosaic assemblages of a carefully considered selection of valuable stamps, each one of which is a nationally chosen art rendering of a specific subject, yet here melded into one totality of ideas and expressions, realized in one powerful unique identity of its own. To be enjoyed as a contemporary whole. Yet like newly discovered fractals, the closer the examination, the more revealing. Have fun!
OM.2011.199 - Win Straube - USA - Collage Centennial
OM.2011.199 - Win Straube - USA -digital print of a vintage stamp collage - | an example of what the artist calls Ebullient Art
Ebu-Arts is the combination of many precious value art pieces (maybe hundreds or more) into ONE major work of art with its own meaning. The final product is an Ebullient and Brilliant Universe of the Arts, very much like a country or the entire world seen from space is composed of many many individual valuable communities which may be quite different from each other, yet as a whole they form ONE unique home of its very own significance, appearing in stark, uplifting beauty.
Its philosophy is that Ebu-Arts works are not the sole presentation of individualistic themes or thoughts, whatever they may be, but are the embodiment of value-enhancing relationships, in the form of individual pieces of precious value joining together, creating a “worth its weight in gold” communal body of its own distinct dimensions and scope.
Thus Ebu-Arts is NOT, and in fact far removed from “recycled” or “upcycled art,” or “naive art” or “vernacular art” or “conceptual” or “neo-conceptual” art, but it could be “made by untrained artists” or could be just basic “fine art,” two dimensional as well as three-dimensional, as long as it is made of a multitude of innate high value fine art or historical pieces, which in their combination form an Ebullient and Brilliant Universe of the ARTS.
see: http://ebu-arts.org/
OM.2011.198 - ADRIANA LANGTRY CARRERI - Italy - Collage Centennial
OM.2011.198
AUTHOR:
WORK DESCRIPTION:
Title: “Uranian Alphabet”
dimensions: 13x 18 cm
year: 2011
materials: mixed media collage
STATEMENT:
Collage is an ancient technique with an enormous expressive potential. It offers a lot of opportunities for experimentation with materials and invention of new realities. Cutting, tearing, layering, pasting, shifting and removing pieces, painting my own papers, looking for old images or working with asemic writing, I feel like an alchemist exploring the mystery or a “dirty nails” gardener planting seeds. Collage for me is freedom of expression, an endless creative research in a constant metamorphosis. A bright fragment of life.Thursday, January 19, 2012
OM.2011.197 - Jessica Porterfield - USA - Collage Centennial
Jessica Porterfield - USA - collage on canvas - 8x10 inches - Materials: primed canvas, acrylic paint, scrapbook paper, hand carved stamp image, gel medium |
Never before in time have there been so many mediums to combine to express beauty or political statements or spiritual truth than currently. one can intermingle a polymer clay piece with a found object
or that perfect book page or scrap of altered paper and make something so essential.
Collage satisfies some deep itch since it marries so may other art forms together. The painting, the tactile tearing of paper, and fitting together disparate pieces of paper or found objects is deeply moving
and necessary to me.
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