“Ozymandias” is a collection of eight analogue collages that use the last Bank of England one pound note (issued in 1984) and a Percy Bysshe Shelley poem to meditate on the hubris of empire and late-stage capitalism. Ozymandius 6 (detail)...
For Kurt Schwitters, MERZ was his manifesto. He explained it as “the combination of all conceivable materials for artistic purposes, and technically the principle of equal evaluation of the individual materials.” His intention was to give anything from a used bus...
Post 2528 11″x15″ print on 90 lb Fabriano cold press watercolor paper, 2021 A dry pool behind a chain link fence, worn down buildings in the desert, storm clouds loom, flowers bloom in the crusty soil, Ric Kasini Kadour’s America’s Promise...
Pod Tower Living: Indian Hill, Pawlet, Vermont 130”x30”; artist-designed and printed wallpaper hand-cut collage on photomontage of artist photographs printed on 230gsm 9.5-mil matte fine-art paper; 2020 About the Project The year is 2062. Climate change, political and...
I see zine making as an extension of my art practice and an outgrowth of my interest in art products. I like making little books that I can sell cheaply. And I enjoy the zine community. For many years I participated in Montreal’s Expozine and in 2016 I exhibited...
The Sanquhar Series is a collection of collage prints I made during my artist residency at MERZ Gallery in Sanquhar, Scotland during January and February 2020. I find walking and photographing a great way to learn about a new place. I spent a lot of time walking when...
OEI #86-87: Publishing Practices, Publishing Poetics OEI is a Stockholm, Sweden-based cultural magazine and literary project run by Jonas (J) Magnusson and Cecilia Grönberg. OEI exists “for extra-disciplinary spaces and de-disciplinizing...
Gold in the Bark of the Locust Tree by Ric Kasini Kadour 20″ x 30″; archival print with 18 carat gold leafing; 2018, Edition of 3 Finding Gold Ten photographs by Ric Kasini Kadour A time capsule, the Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh, Vermont was designated a National...
In January and February 2020, I am the Artist-in-Residence at MERZ Gallery in Sanquhar, Scotland. The residency and film documentation are supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland. About MERZ Gallery Located in the former lemonade factory in...
Between 2010 and 2012, I made 226 photographs under a project I called “These Lights and Shades.” I took inspiration from the lines of a Walt Whitman poem, “These lights and shades, this drama of the whole, This common curtain of the face contain’d in me for me, in...
Ghost Barns (Nether Roscoe) by Meg Walker70″x43″x33.25″; mixed media; 1999.Courtesy of the artist ART EXHIBITION Structures August 24th to October 27th, 2019 at Rokeby Museum, Ferrisburgh, Vermont Exhibit OpeningSaturday, August 24th, 11AM-5PM as...
The Kunstkammer Historically, Kunstkammers were magical places. A precursor to the museum, they originated in the castles and manors of European nobility in the sixteenth century. They held collections of various, dissimilar objects that demonstrated the owner’s...
This essay originally appeared in Kolaj #24. A quarterly, printed magazine about contemporary collage, our goal with every issue is that Kolaj Magazine is essential reading for anyone interested in the role of contemporary collage in art, culture, and society. Visit...
Where My Pet Rock Came From Late stage capitalism sucks. We live in a time of unprecedented resources and technology. Yet, no one seems happy. People seemed overly concerned someone else is trying to get one over on them. Folks are obsessed with money and how to pay...
Established in 1922, the Southern Vermont Arts Center provides cultural, educational, and creative opportunities for all ages. Situated amid over one-hundred acres of pristine forest in the heart of the Green Mountains, SVAC offers a first class experience in a...
KASINI HOUSE EVENT The Past Is Now: Historic Sites as Venues for Contemporary Art Lecture & Slideshow by Ric Kasini Kadour at the Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh, Vermont Sunday, September 30, 2018 at 3PM Historic sites are important threads in the fabric of culture...
