Tag Archives: Collage

1959: Satchmo Talking

Posted on October 18, 2020 by corvusfugit

Collages by jazz great Louis Armstrong, mostly done on reel-to-reel tape boxes. Dates on the newspapers used range from 1959 to 1971, the year of his death.                           … Continue reading →

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1964: The Street

Posted on January 28, 2020 by corvusfugit

Romare Bearden: The Street (1964)

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1966: A World of Limitless Dimensions

Posted on April 15, 2018 by corvusfugit

Jack Kirby: collage from Fantastic Four Vol. 1, #51 (June, 1966) Original art:

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2014: Starts With

Posted on March 3, 2018 by corvusfugit

Richard Meier: SINDA (2014) Italian words that start with “sinda“: sindaco, mayor sindacato, labor union sindacale, union sindacalista, union official, trade unionist sindacare, to judge sindacalismo, trade unionism sindacalizzarsi, to unionize

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2015: Absence of Clarity

Posted on February 12, 2018 by corvusfugit

Susan R. Goldstein: Absence of Clarity (2015)

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1964: For Want of Stairs

Posted on January 19, 2018 by corvusfugit

Jess: “…For Want of Stairs…”: Salvages V (1964/1974)

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1970: Confession

Posted on November 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

Ludwig Zeller: The Confession (1970)

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1870: Cento

Posted on October 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

A cento is a poem composed of lines taken from other poems, either by different authors or from the same author. (Homer and Virgil are traditional favorites.) The word comes from the Greek κεντρόνη, which means “patchwork garment.” The following … Continue reading →

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2009: Crumbs

Posted on October 7, 2017 by corvusfugit

D. R. McCoy: Crumbs (2009); “I have been studying the Book of Acts recently, which reminded me that gentiles like myself are only allowed into the kingdom because we are receiving the ‘crumbs’ discarded by the people in Jesus’ day. … Continue reading →

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1968: Cow

Posted on August 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jiri Kolar: Cow Having Eaten Up Canaletto (1968)

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