VAssemblage takes many different forms, and historically, as Picasso and Braque made this art form more common-place and popular, it has continually taken massive strides and rebuilt itself as an art form. In a sense, collage speaks to the collector in all of us.
The artist curates a group of previously designed products, advertisements, periodicals and even trash and then begins a process of a reconfiguration. The ritual itself of discovering and collecting items to make a new whole is where the creation starts to build into what we see as a final composition. The artists in Collage-Age all work under this vast umbrella, but all have a technique and process that stands on its own. In today’s world, visual stimuli is shared by all. Artists use these pieces and fragments to make new worlds and tell stories while adding cultural references and emotions, creating an imaginative take on history and current events.
