There is an amazing online component to an exhibition that just finished up at the Art Institute of Chicago called Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage. An overview of the exhibition introduces the art of photocollage that began in the 1860s, and a breakdown of the exhibit themes outlines the purpose, practice, meanings and influence of Victorian photocollage. Selected works can be viewed, as well as pages from the incredible Madame B’s Marvelous Album. This site offers a wonderful introduction to these beautiful and whimsical designs and is a very good substitute for anyone who is unable to see this exhibit that is now traveling to New York and then Toronto.
awesome! here in SPOON, in a recent surrealist exhibit, some collagies featuring a.artaud and fellow stage shenaniganners, daft yet ever-telling!
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