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Raoul Hausmann was one of the founding members of the Dada movement in Berlin. His artistic interests were varied and eclectic, including photomontage (which he claims to have invented), painting, collage, poetry, design, sculpture, a smattering of science, music, and more. Hausmann was a long-time partner to Hannah Höch, a fellow Dada artist with a passion & flair for incredible photomontages & collages.

In an article titled “Definition of Photomontage“, Hausmann explains the power and magic of photomontage is in “its contrast of structure and dimension, rough against smooth, aerial photograph against close-up, perspective against flat surface, the utmost technical flexibility and the most lucid formal dialectics are equally possible… The ability to manage the most striking contrasts, to the achievement of perfect states of equilibrium…ensures the medium a long and richly productive span of life…”

Raoul Hausmann‘s collages and montages combine a variety of mixed media & demonstrate his wild personality. “Everything he did was done with enthusiasm and often angry gallows humour,” say the fine folks at Cut And Paste, a history of photomontage.

collage / photomontage by Raoul Hausmann

"Art Critic" collage by Raoul Hausmann

A banned artist during World War II, Hausmann was frequently on the run & traveled extensively from Spain to Zurich, then to Prague, Paris, and finally Limoges where he settled and remained until his death in 1971.

For more artwork & information, visit
http://www.raoulhausmann.com/

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Jun

The Mirthful Mixed Media Collage Assemblages of Greg Hanson

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Greg Hanson creates playful mixed media collages and assemblages. Greg lives in Portland, Oregon & gathers much of his mixed media collage supplies from neighborhood yard sales. He can usually be found each ‘Last Thursday‘ at the Albert Street Art Walk in NE Portland, as well as at Cannibals Gallery in NW PDX.

mixed media collage assemblage

Hanson certainly enjoys his work, and the collages are infused with the artist’s delightful sense of mirth & merriment. “It’s all about being able to play as an adult, it truly is. In fact, I never really remember being interested in art as a kid, at all. I don’t remember ever doing this kind of stuff. It was only as an adult that, you know, I met somebody else along the way several years ago that thought that this was fun, and once I started doing it I thought, ‘Yeah, this is fun. This is great stuff!’”

mixed media collage assemblage

“I feel like my job is all about exaggeration.” “I would not be a good minimalist kind of artist ’cause I just can’t operate that way.”

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“When I first started doing this, I didn’t sell a thing, didn’t give anything away, didn’t sell a thing. I kept it. I mean, I liked it. I really like my stuff, so it was kind of an awakening that first time that I setup on Albert Street and had my table out there. I thought, ‘Aw, I’m gonna lose some of this stuff.’ I mean, ‘I’m never gonna have it again.’ Then I realized, once people bought it, and once I realized it was going up on peoples walls and they were gonna be looking at it and kind of celebrating this piece like I did, then it took on kind of a different dimension, kind of a different picture.”