2. Wangechi Mutu
Wangechi Mutu’s work explores the
interplay between “the real” and
fiction, combining ideas found in
literature, history, and fables.
Allegory is central to her work and is
made apparent through the use of
collage, and fragmented or
constructed imagery.
The complexity of her layering of
objects, mark-making, and collage
is achieved through her use of
translucent materials, photography,
and drawing.
3. Wangechi Mutu
One Hundred Lavish
Months of Bushwhack
2004
Medium: Cut-and-pasted
printed paper with watercolor,
synthetic polymer paint,
and pressure-sensitive
stickers on transparentized
paper
4.
5. Wangechi Mutu
The rare horn-hair thought
2004
Medium: ink, acrylic,
paper collage and
leopard print felt on
mylar
10. Wangechi Mutu (b. 1972)
All Rosey
2003
ink, acrylic, sequins, glitter
and printed paper collage
on mylar
11. MICKALENE THOMAS
Mickalene Thomas (lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) constructs complex portraits, landscapes, and
interiors in order to examine how identity, gender, and sense-of-self are represented in art and
popular culture. She is best known for her elaborate paintings composed of rhinestones, acrylic
and enamel.
20. Raoul Hausmann
The Art Critic
1919
Hausmann, a founding
member of the
Berlin Dada group,
developed photomontage
as a tool of satire and
political protest.
The fragment of a German
banknote behind the
critic’s neck suggests
that he is controlled by
capitalist forces. The words
in the background are part
of a poem poster made
by Hausmann to be
pasted on the walls of
Berlin.
28. Romare Bearden Train Whistle Blues No. 1 1964
Romare Bearden's approach to art making centered on fragmentation and recombination;
he created richly textured collages depicting scenes of African American life using painted
paper, photographs from magazines, newspaper, pieces of cloth, and other materials.
His process was inspired by the improvisational and rhythmic elements of jazz. He said:
“In many ways it’s like putting a symphony together, or a piece of music,”
In addition to collages,
he made watercolors,
photo-montages,
and prints.
Train Whistle Blue
No. 1 began as a
collage that Bearden
then photocopied in
black and white and
enlarged using a
photostat machine.
This innovative
technique, which
flattened the layers
of his collage into a
graphic image
reminiscent of a
film still, established
Bearden as a leading
contemporary artist.
29. Romare Bearden The Dove 1964, Cut-and-pasted printed paper, gouache, colored pencil on board
35. DANIEL
GORDON
Daniel Gordon, Born 1980,
is an American artist who
lives and works in Brooklyn,
New York. He creates works
that dissolve distinctions
between collage,
photography, and
sculpture.
44. David Altmejd
David Altmejd lives and works in New York City. He creates sculptural systems loaded with symbolic potential.
The Flux and the Puddle, 2014
