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Tag Archives: collage
An Army of Female Power Figures Stands Against Injustice
in Hyperallergic 17, 2016 Vanessa German’s show packs a punch, and is especially powerful in the context of the national politics of the past year. Vanessa German, “The Boxer” (left) and “No Water Cleaner” (right) (all photos by the author … Continue reading
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Tagged collage, Melissa Stern, mixed media, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, political art, sculpture, Self-Taught artist, Vanessa German
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The Vast Possibilities of Tiny Collage and Assemblage
In Hyperallergic January 15, 2016 Mary Bauermeister, “Lens Box Pencil Theater” (1969), mixed-media assemblage, 6 x 6 x 4 1/2 inches (all images courtesy Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, unless otherwise noted) You might want to bring your reading glasses … Continue reading
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Tagged Assemblage, collage, Jean Dubuffet, Melissa Stern, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, Robert Rauschenberg, Romare Bearden
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It All Adds Up…..
This group of drawings, called NEW MATH, is visual therapy for my angst-ridden relationship with numbers. Remember how bewildering it was when they introduced “New Math” in school? I never got over wondering what happened to “Old Math.” Was it … Continue reading
Posted in Rants and Raves
Tagged anxiety, black humor, collage, drawing, encaustic, humor, Math, Mathematics, New Math, numbers, Old Math
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