In the workshop, "Collaging Desire," participants will explore the work of Brooklyn-based collagist and Kolaj Institute Artist-in-Residence Meghan Larimer and make collages exploring their own feelings of desire or in response to a piece of provided text.
While artist-in-residence at Kolaj Institute, Larimer will develop a series of artwork for a book and exhibition. Larimer's “Hidden Desires” series explores “yearning feelings” the artist has for “people outside of my long-term relationship.” She writes, “I have used cut images of bodies along with shapes of colors and texture to create a confusing tangle of limbs, torsos, and mouths, some of which are hidden from view. In this way, I’ve pieced together different people and the desires I feel while stealing glances and scans of their faces and bodies. I hope to create erotic compositions that spark a desire for connection and exploring the sensual feelings we hide from ourselves and others.” The artworks are paired with love letters and poetic prose that explore lust, love, loss, and grief. The workshop is open to anyone (18 years and up), regardless of skill level or experience.
Larimer is a founding member of the New York Collage Ensemble, which promotes a supportive community of like-minded collage artists in New York. She has shown her work collaboratively in the US as well as France and Norway. She plastered the streets of New Orleans with wheatpaste collages as part of Kolaj Institute’s Collage as Street Art Artist Residency in June 2023.
ABOUT KOLAJ INSTITUTE'S SOLO RESIDENCIES
The mission of Kolaj Institute 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 Solo Residencies are designed to provide artists, curators, and writers with dedicated time and space to work on a project, develop their practice, and make artwork.
