Collage
noun
A form of art made by sticking different materials such as paper, photos onto a backing.
She made a beautiful collage using old family photos.
Often appears as...
- make a collage
- photo collage
noun
A combination or collection of various things.
The album is a collage of various songs from different genres.
Often appears as...
- collage of sounds
- collage of ideas
noun
A design technique in fashion where pieces of different fabrics are combined to create a single garment.
The designer's unique collage technique resulted in an interesting and unexpected dress.
Often appears as...
- fabric collage
- collage technique
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Technical
noun
A form of art made by sticking different materials such as paper, photos onto a backing.
She made a beautiful collage using old family photos.
Often appears as...
- make a collage
- photo collage
noun
A combination or collection of various things.
The album is a collage of various songs from different genres.
Often appears as...
- collage of sounds
- collage of ideas
noun
A design technique in fashion where pieces of different fabrics are combined to create a single garment.
The designer's unique collage technique resulted in an interesting and unexpected dress.
Often appears as...
- fabric collage
- collage technique
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Artistic Projects
Collage is often used in creative contexts like school art projects or personal crafts.
Our art homework is to create a collage that represents our city.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Interest
Collage adds visual appeal by combining a variety of textures and colors.
His collage displayed a range of emotions with the vibrant magazine cutouts used.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Usage
Can be used metaphorically to describe an assortment forming a unified whole.
Her latest novel is a collage of wartime tales.
Pro Tip 1/3Artistic Projects
Collage is often used in creative contexts like school art projects or personal crafts.
Our art homework is to create a collage that represents our city.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Interest
Collage adds visual appeal by combining a variety of textures and colors.
His collage displayed a range of emotions with the vibrant magazine cutouts used.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Usage
Can be used metaphorically to describe an assortment forming a unified whole.
Her latest novel is a collage of wartime tales.
Pro Tip 1/3Artistic Projects
Collage is often used in creative contexts like school art projects or personal crafts.
Our art homework is to create a collage that represents our city.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Interest
Collage adds visual appeal by combining a variety of textures and colors.
His collage displayed a range of emotions with the vibrant magazine cutouts used.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Usage
Can be used metaphorically to describe an assortment forming a unified whole.
Her latest novel is a collage of wartime tales.
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The science of...
It turns out that this is actually a complex problem that requires sophisticated coordination inside your brain. That's because to create these new, weird images, your brain takes familiar pieces and assembles them in new ways, like a collage made from fragments of photos. The brain has to juggle a sea of thousands of electrical signals
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A journey through the...
I like to hike and surf and do all that weird stuff, and I was making a collage for my ma. And I took a dictionary and I ripped it up, and I made it into a sort of Agnes Martin grid, and I poured resin all over it and a bee got stuck. Now, she's afraid of bees and she's allergic to them,
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The chaotic brilliance...
Basquiat repurposed both present day experiences and art history into an inventive visual language. He worked as if inserting himself into the legacy of artists he borrowed from, producing collages that were just as much in conversation with art history as they were with each other.
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Pawan Sinha on how...
they are unable to recognize most of the objects because the world to them is over-fragmented; it's made up of a collage, a patchwork, of regions of different colors and luminances. And that's what's indicated in the green outlines. When you ask them,
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My stroke of insight PIPE...
through all of our sensory systems and then it explodes into this enormous collage of what this present moment looks like, what this present moment smells like and tastes like, what it feels like and what it sounds like.
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Blind-Croc Mystery PIPE...
we don't know what's causing the problem but we have some suspects toxic contaminants or an infection possibly caused by pathogens like bacteria or viruses sections of the tar collage River looked peaceful and unspoiled
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How math saved my life PIPE...
and the kicker is that the claws that he did for me I got an a-minus on the collage he did for himself he got a B+ yeah and we still laugh about it to this day well after graduation life continued on
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She Explores the...
subjects that I'm interested in working in my larger pieces so then when I do get an idea for the larger artwork I'm already in motion and I just take that energy from the collage process right
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The Last Cowboys of...
the horses in the castle you find that onion collage they are very adapted to this region into this weather and to this type of life or the Guardian the horse is the most important collect my
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United by Ping Pong,...
respite from the drama you you come here you play ping pong and everything else doesn't matter for the collage that you're here I wouldn't know where I would go if I join the daytime I didn't
Video examples
The science of...
It turns out that this is actually a complex problem that requires sophisticated coordination inside your brain. That's because to create these new, weird images, your brain takes familiar pieces and assembles them in new ways, like a collage made from fragments of photos. The brain has to juggle a sea of thousands of electrical signals
Video examples
A journey through the...
I like to hike and surf and do all that weird stuff, and I was making a collage for my ma. And I took a dictionary and I ripped it up, and I made it into a sort of Agnes Martin grid, and I poured resin all over it and a bee got stuck. Now, she's afraid of bees and she's allergic to them,
Video examples
The chaotic brilliance...
Basquiat repurposed both present day experiences and art history into an inventive visual language. He worked as if inserting himself into the legacy of artists he borrowed from, producing collages that were just as much in conversation with art history as they were with each other.
Video examples
Pawan Sinha on how...
they are unable to recognize most of the objects because the world to them is over-fragmented; it's made up of a collage, a patchwork, of regions of different colors and luminances. And that's what's indicated in the green outlines. When you ask them,
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My stroke of insight PIPE...
through all of our sensory systems and then it explodes into this enormous collage of what this present moment looks like, what this present moment smells like and tastes like, what it feels like and what it sounds like.
Video examples
Blind-Croc Mystery PIPE...
we don't know what's causing the problem but we have some suspects toxic contaminants or an infection possibly caused by pathogens like bacteria or viruses sections of the tar collage River looked peaceful and unspoiled
Video examples
How math saved my life PIPE...
and the kicker is that the claws that he did for me I got an a-minus on the collage he did for himself he got a B+ yeah and we still laugh about it to this day well after graduation life continued on
Video examples
She Explores the...
subjects that I'm interested in working in my larger pieces so then when I do get an idea for the larger artwork I'm already in motion and I just take that energy from the collage process right
Video examples
The Last Cowboys of...
the horses in the castle you find that onion collage they are very adapted to this region into this weather and to this type of life or the Guardian the horse is the most important collect my
Video examples
United by Ping Pong,...
respite from the drama you you come here you play ping pong and everything else doesn't matter for the collage that you're here I wouldn't know where I would go if I join the daytime I didn't
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Wangechi Mutu
Kenyan Artist
I watched a lot of avant-garde films, like Maya Deren's work, and I love film's technical ability to do things that are impossible in real life. It's related to the way collage allows you to manipulate reality and the hierarchies that are inherent in our awful but amazing world.
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Spalding Gray
American Actor
I say that I can't make anything up. I think of myself as a collage artist. I'm cutting and pasting memories of my life. And I say, I have to live a life in order to tell a life. I would prefer to tell it because telling you're always in control, you're like God.
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James Rosenquist
American Artist
Popular culture isn't a freeze-frame; it is images zapping by in rapid-fire succession, which is why collage is such an effective way of representing contemporary life. The blur between images creates a kind of motion in the mind.
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Chris Smalling
English Athlete
I have a collage of pictures of my dad holding my brother and me. I look at that before every game just to remind me about having no fear or regrets and to go out and enjoy the moment, because I know how precious life is.
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Kevin Durant
American Athlete
I was just a big fan of tattoos always growing up, and I wanted something cool that symbolizes what I've been through in my life, and everything on my chest and my back is like a collage.
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Michael Giacchino
American Composer
I always feel like my writing is consistently influenced by everything I watched and listened to growing up, so it's just this crazy collage of everything, you know.
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Javed Jaffrey
Indian Actor
Song, dance and cinema are so deeply within the Indian culture and with so many cultures incorporating their elements too, it has become a wonderful collage.
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Candice Swanepoel
South African Model
The best V-Day gift I've ever received was a personalized photo collage.
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Rachel True
American Actress
I like to make collages - paper collages.
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Mohanlal
Indian Actor
Life is a collage of events, really.
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Wangechi Mutu
Kenyan Artist
I watched a lot of avant-garde films, like Maya Deren's work, and I love film's technical ability to do things that are impossible in real life. It's related to the way collage allows you to manipulate reality and the hierarchies that are inherent in our awful but amazing world.
Quote examples
Spalding Gray
American Actor
I say that I can't make anything up. I think of myself as a collage artist. I'm cutting and pasting memories of my life. And I say, I have to live a life in order to tell a life. I would prefer to tell it because telling you're always in control, you're like God.
Quote examples
James Rosenquist
American Artist
Popular culture isn't a freeze-frame; it is images zapping by in rapid-fire succession, which is why collage is such an effective way of representing contemporary life. The blur between images creates a kind of motion in the mind.
Quote examples
Chris Smalling
English Athlete
I have a collage of pictures of my dad holding my brother and me. I look at that before every game just to remind me about having no fear or regrets and to go out and enjoy the moment, because I know how precious life is.
Quote examples
Kevin Durant
American Athlete
I was just a big fan of tattoos always growing up, and I wanted something cool that symbolizes what I've been through in my life, and everything on my chest and my back is like a collage.
Quote examples
Michael Giacchino
American Composer
I always feel like my writing is consistently influenced by everything I watched and listened to growing up, so it's just this crazy collage of everything, you know.
Quote examples
Javed Jaffrey
Indian Actor
Song, dance and cinema are so deeply within the Indian culture and with so many cultures incorporating their elements too, it has become a wonderful collage.
Quote examples
Candice Swanepoel
South African Model
The best V-Day gift I've ever received was a personalized photo collage.
Quote examples
Rachel True
American Actress
I like to make collages - paper collages.
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Mohanlal
Indian Actor
Life is a collage of events, really.
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