Derived from the French verb coller, meaning “to glue,” collage refers to both the technique and the resulting work of art in which fragments of paper and other materials are arranged and glued or otherwise affixed to a supporting surface.
Works
9 works online
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Pablo Picasso Guitar Céret, spring 1913
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Marcel Duchamp Monte Carlo Bond (No. 12) 1924
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Kurt Schwitters Untitled (Mz ELIKAN ELIKAN ELIKAN) c. 1925
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Max Ernst Butterflies (Papillons) 1931
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Franz Kline Untitled II c. 1952
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Joseph Cornell Allegory of Innocence 1956
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Bruce Nauman Fist in Mouth 1990
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Wangechi Mutu Yo Mama 2003
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Njideka Akunyili Crosby And We Begin to Let Go 2013
Magazine
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“Art Is Always Made from Other Art”: Romare Bearden’s Multiplicity
A curator revisits the artist’s radical collages of Black life.Nov 1, 2022 -
The Feminist Challenge of Wangechi Mutu
A collage portrait of a visionary African fighter and mother mixes sensuality and violence.Feb 11, 2021 -
Framing Reproductive (In)Justice: A Picture Perfect Gruesome Negress Hurt-story
Inspired by works from the collection, author K. Melchor Quick Hall pens a poem about Black motherhood.Oct 2, 2020
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