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papier collé

[ French pa-pyey kaw-ley ]

noun

plural papiers collés


papier collé

/ papje kɔle /

noun

  1. a type of collage, usually of an abstract design
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of papier collé1

< French: literally, glued paper
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of papier collé1

French, literally: glued paper
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The final Matisse here is his 1951 “Creole Dancer,” an ecstatic papier collé thought to depict the black dancer Katherine Dunham.

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Steve Bandoma, born in 1981, revisits the match in his 2014 “Cassius Clay” series, done in papier collé with ink.

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Papier collé, French for glued or pasted paper, became one of the earliest types of collage, but its radical possibilities were embraced and extended by artists associated with Dada, Surrealism, Pop Art and other movements.

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Collage may have started with papier collé, but its logic has since exploded into every realm, including postmodern architecture and culinary experimentation, resulting in things like chocolate bars laced with bacon or mushrooms.

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The artist’s “papier colle” technique incorporated cut-up newspapers, wallpaper and pieces of cardboard into his fragmented compositions.

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