There are several organizations, societies, blogs and galleries specializing in collage in the United States. We found no such organisation in the UK and therefore decided to establish our Organisation for Collage Art (meanwhile the only one in England). But collage is trending! Tate shows Richard Hamilton’s collages at the moment. At our art fairs public expresses alive interest in collage works. So we went to the PV of Affordable Art Fair (London) a few weeks ago searching for collages. Unfortunately, just like with the Works on Paper art fair in February, we found only a couple of stands showing couple of collage artists. Ironically they were mainly from the States. Modernbook Gallery all the way from San Francisco, California brought artist Raven Erebus. Raven uses old books’ images, neatly cutting out engravings, creating vintage look. I love the fact that I start this blog with this type of collage because I do see it as the most “traditional” technique. Although it’s not our business how Raven prices his works we wanted to cry when saw such low prices on original works. Dirt-cheap Art Fair? And of course butterflies and birds in manipulated images and installations are very trending for the last couple of years. Don’t ask me why but AAF indicates best what galleries think sells best.
Tuesday 8 April 2014
We searched for collages at the AAF
There are several organizations, societies, blogs and galleries specializing in collage in the United States. We found no such organisation in the UK and therefore decided to establish our Organisation for Collage Art (meanwhile the only one in England). But collage is trending! Tate shows Richard Hamilton’s collages at the moment. At our art fairs public expresses alive interest in collage works. So we went to the PV of Affordable Art Fair (London) a few weeks ago searching for collages. Unfortunately, just like with the Works on Paper art fair in February, we found only a couple of stands showing couple of collage artists. Ironically they were mainly from the States. Modernbook Gallery all the way from San Francisco, California brought artist Raven Erebus. Raven uses old books’ images, neatly cutting out engravings, creating vintage look. I love the fact that I start this blog with this type of collage because I do see it as the most “traditional” technique. Although it’s not our business how Raven prices his works we wanted to cry when saw such low prices on original works. Dirt-cheap Art Fair? And of course butterflies and birds in manipulated images and installations are very trending for the last couple of years. Don’t ask me why but AAF indicates best what galleries think sells best.
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