International Weird Collage Show

“One of the most important exhibitions of contemporary collage art”

- Graffica

 

 

EXHIBITION ARTISTS

André Bergamin (Brazil)

Jono Boyle (UK)

Barbara Breitenfellner (Germany)

Adam Bridgland (UK)

Sarah Bridgland (UK)

Dennis Busch (Germany)

Cless (Spain)

DR.ME (UK)

Lola Dupre (UK)

Alan Ganev (Canada)

Anthony Gerace (UK)

Goster (Perú)

Sarah Hardacre (UK)

Ashkan Honarvar (Norway)

Geoff J. Kim (USA)

Max-o-matic (Spain)

Rubén B (Spain)

James Springall (UK)

Maxwell Sterling (UK)

Sergei Sviatchenko (Denmark/Ukraine)

Nil Ultra (USA)

Elisa Vendramin (Italy)

Joe Webb (UK)

John Whitlock (USA)

Charles Wilkin (USA)

CURATED BY

Max-o-matic & James Springall

 

INFO ON SELECTED ARTISTS

Sergei Sviatchenko (Denmark/Ukraine)

“One of the most influential innovators of modern collage.” - Gestalten

 

Sergei Sviatchenko was born in Ukraine and lives and works in Viborg, Denmark. A provocateur in the world of contemporary art, Sviatchenko’s collages and paintings have been exhibited globally. His work explores everyday objects with the use of photography and collage elements, which are turned into scarp contoured, sculptural expressions to highlight the process of navigating through the rapid flow of visual impressions that the contemporary consumer is constantly confronted with.

In our world of sensory overload, Sviatchenko stands out as an artist with unique vision. The first compre- hensive collection of his collage and painting was documented in the book Everything Goes Right & Left.

If You Want It, (Gestalten, Berlin). Then, in October 2014, Sergei Sviatchenko: Collages (SCHLEBRÜGGE. EDITOR, Austria) was published. Edited by Rick Poynor, a prominent British writer, lecturer and curator, specializing in visual culture, it gathers Sviatchenko’s most significant work from the past 10 years alongside little seen collages from his early years in Ukraine.

 

Sergei Sviatchenko

From the series Less, 2004

C-print on Hahnemuhle art paper



Sarah Hardacre (Manchester, UK) 

Sarah Hardacre is a visual artist and print maker living and working in Manchester. Through paper collage and silkscreen print, Hardacre’s practice explores the architectural legacies of post-war, post- industrial housing development; estates of single class segregation and islands of failed Utopias. Her work questions the effects of urban regeneration, notions of privacy and how structures designed to induce collectivism have instead left a legacy of alienation, serving to marginalise working class communities and in particular working class women.

Sarah is represented by London based gallery Paul Stolper with whom she had two major solo shows in 2012, ‘Heaven With the Gates Off’ in London and ‘The Vanity of Small Differences’ in Oslo, Norway. In 2014, Hardacre’s print work was included in ‘UNDEREXPOSED’, a major survey of female artists and the medium of print over the last two decades, at the University of Kent alongside Barbara Hepworth, Tracy Emin, Cornelia Parker and Bridget Riley. In 2015, she curated the group exhibition ‘Superior Goods and Household Gods’ at Manchester’s Castlefield Gallery. Her work is regularly exhibited internationally and is included in the public collections of the British Museum and British Council and private collections worldwide including Damien Hirst’s Murderme collection in London.

 

 

Sarah Hardacre

You Owe Me An Egg

Collage: digital print and photograph

(c) the artist, courtesy Paul Stolper Gallery.

Ashkan Honarvar (Trondheim, Norway)

Born in Shiraz, Iran, Ashkan Honarvar now lives and works in Trondheim, Norway. He has had solo exhibitions in The Netherlands, Italy, Canada and the USA. Honarvar uses collage as a medium to help us reflect on the contradictions of life.

"Honarvar ́s collages speak to humanity ́s intrinsic obliviousness, heightened by vanity and abused by others. We think we know ourselves and the world around us, but how much do we really understand? Just as Honarvar ́s figures are obliterated, severed, and reorganized by him, we are often at the mercy of circumstances outside our control. Ignorance of our places in the world can impair our abilities to deal with these unique circumstances." - Annabel Osberg

 

“...Honarvar plays the role of curator and philosopher... all to create his own visual world, lush and nightmarish. In the end, his work celebrates the perishable beauty of human life while exposing its absurdity.” - Art critic Bridget Gleesonwide

 

 

Ashkan Honarvar

The Denial of Death 5

Digital Inkjet Archival Print from paper collage

ABOUT THE CURATORS

James Springall is a British artist who uses collage to create alternate narratives and understandings of modern life. He employs humour, tragedy and social commentary in equal measures to evoke a visual world that sails far from the banality of our image-saturated culture. His work is internationally collected and has been shown at the Saatchi Gallery and the Royal Academy of Arts.

Click here to view James' Jealous Print Editions.

Max-o-matic (Máximo Tuja) is an artist, curator and founding member of The Weird Show. Born and raised in Buenos Aires, since 2002 he has lived and worked in Barcelona, creating an imaginary world from torn pieces of the real one. His work has been exhibited in galleries across the world and he has worked with brands such as Nike, Wired Magazine, Sunday Times and Universal Pictures, making his signature collage work for commercial projects.