Collage is at the cutting edge of visual design, and can be seen everywhere from advertisements, magazine editorials and fashion stories to street art, album covers, animation and website design.
Cut & Paste brings together over 250 images from more than 40 contemporary collage artists, including Serge Bloch, Borsodi Bela, Sara Fanelli, Julian House, Christoph Niemann, John Stezaker and Sergei Sviatchenko.
A really strong and interesting collection of modern collage art with a bunch of new discoveries for me--Hot damn, Eduardo Recife! Holy heck, Dani Sanchis! Sweet Polaroid action, Andy Ducett! I also like how there are some works that stretch the usual materials and form of collage, like Craig Atkinson's folk art-like mixed media and Tsilli Pines's threaded beauties. And then my favorite, John Stezaker, has a nice spread as well, featuring some of his awesome Shadow series.
Some nice discoveries in this book. I especially liked the work of Anu Tuominen, but there were a number of other artists I also went googling. Of course there was work that didn't appeal to me, and I am getting rather tired of women's bodies, whether they're being worshipped or being made fun of. One artist I was already familiar with is Eduardo Recife, but I felt the selection in this book hardly reflected his fabulousness. Still very nice collection to page through and be inspired by.
I've changed my mind about this book. Some of the photos could be bigger, but there are so many amazing collages, all summarized perfectly. I'd recommend viewing the collages using a bedside light to really appreciate their details and colours.