Fine Art Exhibition of Collage

Compound Notions is a 4 day art exhibition presenting 64 contemporary artists' interpretations on the theme of COLLAGE. The exhibition explores the definition of the term through experimental and traditional media. Curated by the directors of Collaborative Arts CIC, Jo McCormick, Frog Morris and Sarah Sparkes, for Art Hub Studios CIC in New Cross South East London, UK.

Compound Notions includes works rooted in the traditions and conventions of collage - decoupage, cut and paste, assemblage and use of found materials, alongside pieces that push the boundaries of the definition with novel materials, installation, sound and performance. The curators have taken a creative approach to hanging, with the exhibition presenting as a large scale, immersive contemporary collage.

In the 2019 exhibition “Cut and Paste: 400 years of Collage” at The National Galleries, Scotland, figures such as Mary Delaney demonstrated that collage was not a twentieth century invention but an earlier, often feminised form of knowledge - making and world - ordering. While common historical narratives place the invention of collage with cubism, Compound Notions draws attention to the genre's roots in textile, mosaic and scrapbooking.

 Free workshops accompanying the exhibition will allow the audience to express themselves in a variety of ways.

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