Friday, April 28, 2017

Collage

Collage is a form of art in which pieces of paper and stuff are glued together on a backing to make an assemblage.

Kurt Schwitters was a German artist who is known for his collages:

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I think it's really interesting how postmodern this looks even though it's from the early twentieth century

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This piece - "The Hitler Gang"- is more subtle but I think the way paint and book paper and paper from miscellaneous items  are blended together gives the whole collage a striking quality.

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This third one looks more like a Cubist painting than a collage, which I find really cool.

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The And Picture

This one is humorous in the way all the attention is focused around the word "and" (or 'und')

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And this one gives off a fantastical vibe, and is visually interesting in the way it uses objects to depict parts of a face.

3 comments:

  1. I like your commentary on the individual pieces. nice selection of collages!

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  2. I really like Kurt Schwitters's works, the composition of the work was nice. great post

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  3. great post,I like his works,it's amazing at that time period.

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