Collage

=How and why do artists create powerful visual works using non traditional media?= = = =//**"Collage is like life you take what you have and make the most of it" Romare Bearden**//=



===**We will be exploring the art media of //collage// looking first at the work of Romare Bearden**, **mathematician, musician and collage artist**. **We also viewed the work of other collage artists Kurt Schwitters, Hannah Hock, David Hockney, Matisse and Chinese artists Hong Hao and Xue Song**===

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 * To understand the background/ context of how collage we need to look at these two art movements:**
 * the Dada and Surrealist**

**The four //collage devices// that we need to know are:**

 * //juxtaposition/ fragmentation//**
 * //point of view,//**
 * //scale change//**
 * //overlapping//**
 * these allow us to work with the media in a sophisticated manner**.

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**With Bearden in mind we created personal narratives using the above collage techniques...**

 * [[image:isbartoneclass/bonnie3.JPG width="338" height="329"]] || [[image:isbartoneclass/demmi.JPG width="278" height="337" align="center"]] || [[image:isbartoneclass/Lisa.JPG width="370" height="333"]] ||


 * [[image:isbartoneclass/Gilbert.JPG width="376" height="334"]] || [[image:isbartoneclass/IMG_5214.JPG width="300" height="341" align="center"]] || [[image:isbartoneclass/collage.JPG width="302" height="342"]] ||

2010 Collage "in my room"

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