News — photo-montage

Broth Art has several artists on its roster that use the medium of collage. Individually and collectively, their practice shows the multiplicity of cutting and pasting as both a technique and aesthetic. To discover just how diverse the artform really is, we look at the history of collage, the 20^th century movements that pioneered it, and why it continues to excite artists and collectors alike. 

A couple of weeks ago, I visited Dan Jamieson at his home and studio in Walthamstow, London. Dan is both a long-standing friend and member of the Broth Art stable, so our meetings are just as much a discussion of upcoming projects and new work as they are a chinwag...............(continue reading).

Pum's surreal collage fuses together imagery from historical books and probes the uneasy relationship between humans and their technology. A dichotomy of old and new, the black and white aesthetic of yesteryear are like prescient visions that raise issues, feelings and concerns of the modern day. In her ongoing series of works, examining our addiction to faster, more convenient living and its impact on society and the planet, Pum's timeless artworks share a limitless awareness, confronting the profound changes and pressures that accompany technological advancement.

Set against the landscape of today, Sarah Randles's visual language captures the stereotypes and social norms that still exist today. Choosing collage or photo-montage as her primary discipline, Sarah appropriates imagery from throughout history to make a spectacle of these arbitrary ideas, and by doing so, offers a new space for understanding and reimagining.

Eager to learn more about her weird and wonderful compositions, we invited Sarah to partake in a virtual interview. Here's how it went.