Name: Big Orange Monster: An Emergency Collage Exhibition Opening Reception
Start: 2025-09-13T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-13T20:00:00-05:00
Location: Kolaj Institute

Big Orange Monster: An Emergency Collage Exhibition Opening Reception

Kolaj Institute supports artists, curators, and writers who seek to study, document, & disseminate ideas that deepen our understanding of collage as a medium, a genre, a community, and a 21st century movement

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Artists from 13 countries sent 128 collages on the theme of the Big Orange Monster.

At the heart of this exhibition at Kolaj Institute Gallery in New Orleans is collage made and sent to the gallery in response to an open call to artists: "You mix fear (yellow) and anger (red) and you get a Big Orange Monster. What's the emergency? There are a lot of Big Orange Monsters on the loose. Monsters only have power if you are afraid of them. So let's create a space where we can slay our fear of Big Orange Monsters. Art helps us exorcise our demons. Monsters can be glorious and wonderful or horrible and evil. Let's not cast aside the good Big Orange Monsters because some other Big Orange Monsters are well...unpleasant."Artists sent 128 collages from 13 countries: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Mexico, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, and the United States. Nine artists from New Orleans contributed works to the exhibition. We ask visitors to the gallery to take care and not feed the monsters, some of which have been installed behind a protective iron gate for everyone's safety.An Opening Reception takes place on Saturday, 13 September 2025, 6-8PM, part of September's Bywater Second Saturday Gallery Walk.The exhibition, “Big Orange Monster: An Emergency Collage Exhibition”, takes place at Kolaj Institute Gallery from 10 September to 18 October 2025.ABOUT KOLAJ INSTITUTE GALLERYThe mission of <a href="http://www.kolajinstitute.org/" title="http://www.kolajinstitute.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kolaj Institute</a> is to support artists, curators, and writers who seek to study, document, and disseminate ideas that deepen our understanding of collage as a medium, a genre, a community, and a 21st century movement. We operate a number of initiatives meant to bring together community, investigate critical issues, and raise collage’s standing in the art world. Kolaj Institute’s Gallery in New Orleans presents exhibitions and connects Kolaj Institute and the artists we work with to the vibrant St. Claude Arts District. We produce 8-10 exhibitions a year and participate in Second Saturday, the neighborhood’s monthly art walk, putting the collage art, books and exhibitions in front of New Orleanians and visitors.

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