313, 314 - Kareem Rizk - Australia

OM.2012.159-160 - Kareem Rizk - Australia

 [313]  OM.2012.159 - Kareem Rizk - Australia - Bright Red - 2008 - collage on canvas - 14x11 inches

 [314]  OM.2012.160 - Kareem Rizk - Australia - Suit #2 - 2008 - collage on canvas - 10x8 inches
http://kareemrizk.com


Statement on Collage
For me, collage is very much about collecting. The ritual of collecting is sometimes the most enjoyable part of
the process. I think every collage artist is a collector - whether they collect tactile materials or whether they
collect ideas and references in their mind. I feel that the act of collecting becomes a very necessary part of the process.
I collect many kinds of paper, images, ephemera, magazines, books, textures, typography, patterns and all
forms of design elements including lines, dots, shapes and ornamental/decorative graphics. Whenever I find an old press publication, an old image or an old discarded piece of coloured paper I am almost always thinking about how it could be used in a different context in my art. It’s an opportunity to make something new and intriguing which didn’t exist before and often from scraps and salvaged materials.
The act of piecing together a collage for me has a lot to do with intuition and spontaneity, but it can also be
very meditative. For many collagists who do not sketch or design a composition, the final result is entirely
dependent on what moves are made during the construction of the artwork. I feel that allowing your intuition
and allowing for a certain level of spontaneity to take its course is something that comes very naturally when it comes to working with a medium that is very changeable.
I’ve been making collage and mixed media art for nearly 7 years. When I first began making art it was simply a creative outlet and a relief from my job in corporate design. I never imagined that one day I would be pursuing a career in a field that I was never officially trained to do. But for me it made perfectly good sense. I don’t believe that a person needs to be trained to be a good collage artist. In fact, there are many aspects of good collage making that I believe cannot be taught – but only experienced or felt. I believe it’s something that comes from within.

294 - Jo Murray - Australia

om.2012.140 - Jo Murray - Australia

[294]  om.2012.140 - Jo Murray - Australia

“RUST“ - 5” x 7” mounted on watercolour paper 8” x 10”

handmade, printed, and painted papers, rusted iron washer.

W: http://jomurray-art.blogspot.com.au/

Collage has always been of interest to me since I first saw Picasso’s works when I was in Art School. The simplicity of shapes, combined with simple line, got to the essence of a subject in a way realist painting can’t.
Since then, as I’ve progressed through various media in my own art journey, this notion has become more embedded in my way of thinking. 

While it may be regarded as ‘contemporary’, collage is really not so modern. It has been around in some form since the invention of paper. Making it ‘modern’ though is the incorporation of contemporary materials such as plastic, or acrylics, and components of our high tech age.
To be able to add such personal things as the ephemera of daily life, tickets, old rusty stuff, bits of previous paintings, gives truth to the work and adds a real connection to the artist. In this way collage will continue to have its place in modern art. 

237 - 246 - Marianne Midelburg - Australia

Above OM.2011.182-187 - Marianne Midelburg - Australia - 6 black and white 'vest' collages - 18 x 15.5 cm

Above OM.2011.188-189 - 2 color 'Vest' collages - 23.5 x 17.5 cm

OM.2011.190 -  'Strange Children' collage - 23.5 x 18.5 cm

OM.2011.191 collage  titled 'Separate Vacations' - 26.5 x 19.7 cm

OM.2011.182-191 - Marianne Midelburg is a textile artist living in Victoria, Australia

web: http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/midelburg/web

ARTIST STATEMENT

I've been making collages for a number of years. I started off very small, just making a few cards for friends. Then, several years ago I met a fellow artist, who introduced me to international mail art projects and my interest and experimentations with collage greatly increased. I thoroughly enjoy the art of gleaning, i.e. finding the materials with which I create my paper collages and my textile art works. The methodical and repetitive nature of creating themed collages gives me great pleasure. I often use humor and word play in my works. I regularly visit many of the charity shops and garage sales, as well as markets and the recycle tip-shops in Bendigo, where I find a wide variety of free or extremely cheap materials, which have collage potential. We live in such a throw-away society, which is great for the creative gleaner. (Aug. 2011)

215 - Joel Lambeth - Australia

OM.2011.180 - Joel Lambeth - Australia - “The Everlasting Gobstopper” - collage on panel - 12x12 inches

http://www.joellambeth.com/

Artist Statement:

I see making collage works, or more specifically photomontage pieces, as a tool for making some kind of sense of the world around me.
Regardless of the subject or situation that presents itself, whether it be political, social or personal in nature, it has become impossible to have all of the relevant information in order to see the issue from all perspectives. Perhaps it has always been impossible to achieve this. However, in the modern time, with all of the multiplicity of sources of information that are available, the ability to access all of the facts has become contradictorily increasingly difficult.
Collage allows me space to take fragments, each loaded with meanings and associations, and arrange them into a form that presents (to me, at least) some kind of logical order or rationalisation, and permits reflection on subjects from a multitude of often disparate standpoints.
This can be a meditative process. In a way, the elements that are being used in the collage take on the form of a mandala, and my ambition in making these works are to attain a balance of form and (perceived) meaning.

[089] Rob Angus - Australia

OM.2012.122 - Rob Angus - Australia - Triptych of Smiles - 2011 -  Collage construction - H 7” x W 13 ¼” x D 1 ½” - Materials: Paper covered, recycled picture frame with applied beads, photos, batik and
other found objects.

ARTIST STATEMENT

I use collage to collect and preserve personal memorabilia, images, and
found objects that reflect my life and views. I hope my constructions share my experiences and
perceptions with the public, and pay homage to the artists of imagination who inspire me.

[086] David Dellafiora - Australia

OM.2012.019 - David Dellafiora - Australia - "Tip Top - As Seen on TV" - matchbox collage

http://daviddellafiora.blogspot.com/

Artist Statement

I view collage as a form of magick. To quote Comte de Lautréamont, “Chance meeting on a dissecting table of a sewing machine and an umbrella”. Many of the my collages use juxtaposition to create effect, image and text, sign and signifier. Objects are brought together with the process of making of these strange marriages left visible. My collages are not seamless , rather they create their alchemy from the raw materials of the world.

[066-073) John Hart - Australia

OM.2011.168-175 - John Hart - Australia - 8 collages - 13.5 x 6 inches each
http://johnhartart.wordpress.com/

John Hart is an Australian, Canberra based artist, working primarily in collage, printmedia and drawing.

"A dedicated Surrealist, my work post art school has returned to the absurd, the disorienting, the automatic and the unconscious. Trained as a printmaker, I often work in drawing, collage, screenprinting and lithography."