BOOKS
The Age of Collage – Contemporary Collage in Modern Art Dennis Busch, Hendrik Hellige, Robert Klanten Gestalten £34.99 shop.gestalten.com
Collage has been around since the Cubists but, as this publication shows, it’s having a moment right now. Starting with an essay on the history of the collage, which discusses its origins, and key figures and movements such as the Futurists, the Pop Artists, Hannah Hoch and John Heartfield, it collects together 80 of the best contemporary collage-makers, from giants of the field such as John Stezaker, Martha Rosler and Linder Sterling, to young artists such as Ruth van Beek. Giving each artist at least a DPS and usually much more, and including a brief biography as well as plenty of images, this book shows how widespread and diverse contemporary collage-making is. Shot of heads is YUL, 2012. Image © Matthieu Bourel
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