SLIDESHOW & TALK
Pictures at the Intersection of Photography & Collage
3PM, Saturday, 10 May 2025
New Orleans Photo Alliance
7800 Oak Street, New Orleans 70118
FREE
For the past 18 months, Kolaj Institute has investigated the intersection of photography and collage through a series of exhibitions and artist residencies in partnership with the New Orleans Photo Alliance. This research has been guided by the idea, “The mediums of collage and photography are bound together in an ongoing dialogue. The photographer makes pictures of the world. The collagist remixes those pictures to tell a story about the world we live in. What happens when the photographer begins collaging their own work? What happens when the collage artist picks up the camera?” We found artists engaged in a variety of techniques and approaches: collage as process; making art with family archives and found photographs; using alternative processes like cyanotypes and Gelli print transfers; and challenging how we think about images in a world flooded with them. In doing this, the artists invited viewers to consider questions of identity and gender; family and memory; the materiality of photography; and history and artist process. During this slideshow and talk, Kolaj Institute Director Ric Kasini Kadour will share his findings and speak about the role of photography and collage in contemporary art. He will also speak about how Kolaj Institute’s ongoing partnership with the New Orleans Photo Alliance will unfold in the coming year. LEARN MORE & RSVP
Image: Retro Cameras Cut Out Page. Courtesy of Julia Walck.
Wandering Kings on View at Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The Kings Find Other Wandering Kings
29″x22″; collage on Canadian geological survey map on mountboard; 2025. 2025-01-09B
The Kings Wander Beyond the Castle Walls
29″x22″; collage on Canadian geological survey map on mountboard; 2025. 2025-01-09A
The Kings Wander Beyond the Castle Walls and The Kings Find Other Wandering Kings are included in the “Lavender & Green Carnation” exhibition, 18 January to 15 March 2025, at the Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Curated by Seth Ter Haar, the exhibition “delves into the rich history and enduring significance of symbols that have quietly connected and empowered the LGBTQ+ community, especially during periods of societal or political repression.” READ MORE
ADDITIONAL ARTWORK
Sanquhar Still Life (2020)
dimensions variable; installation of six decoupaged objects, two paper sculptures, and t-shirt fabric
Twelve Days of Christmas Gifts for Yoko Ono
All My Knowledge Lives In a Box
from Clouds :: Knowledge. READ MORE
Ric Kasini Kadour (b. 1974) is an artist, writer, and cultural worker. Primarily a conceptual artist, he executes projects across a variety of media: photography, collage, painting, and installation. In addition to his artist practice, he is the director of Kolaj Institute and the editor of Kolaj Magazine. Kadour lives and works in Montreal, Quebec and New Orleans, Louisiana. READ MORE
Pulse
At SPACE Gallery in Burlington, Vermont. READ MORE
And felt like dust in space
From “I Took A Trip To The Unknown Language” READ MORE
The Archaeology of Rubbish
Exhibited in “Many Americas: Art Meets History” at the Wilson Museum of the Southern Vermont Arts Center READ MORE
Ozymandias
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. READ MORE