THE FEMALE ART GROUP REVIVING DADAISM
With a cultural and political agenda, this online collective is set on bringing back the anarchic spirit of dada, surrealism and vaporwave.
Once upon a time, the medium of collage was a lifeforce of radical artistic expression. From the cubists, dadaists and surrealists to the constructivists and pioneers of pop art, artists harnessed the cut-and-paste appropriation of mass media, in response to kaleidoscopic changes in 20th-century culture. Reincarnated in the anarchic age of punk, collage once again gained traction for its DIY, lowbrow aesthetic and bargain cost of production, a trend that was later revived by the Xerox zine queens of the 90s riot grrrl scene. Fast-forward to today, and you might be surprised to know that the contemporary vanguard of collage is as experimental as ever. But its exposure is embarrassingly slim. While Tumblr offers a hotbed of kitsch collage dreams, platforms dedicated to the medium are few and far between. Likewise, Instagram may have helped to catapult the careers of a handful of frontline collagists – including fashion’s favourite iconoclasts Kalen Hollomon and Doug Abraham – but the reality is that contemporary collage remains wildly underrated. Cue LIVE WILD, the online collective of female artists and photographers ready to re-stick collage at the centre on the cultural map.
Read more here: http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/30076/1/the-female-art-group-reviving-dadaism-live-wild
Collages by: Charlotte Fos - ‘Latin Studies’, Lila Khosrovian - ‘Petrichor’, Charlotte Fos - ‘Latin Studies’
