Pictures on the Intersection of Photography & Collage – Kolaj Magazine

KOLAJ LIVE ONLINE

Pictures on the Intersection of Photography & Collage

Thursday, 15 January 2026, 7PM EST (0000 UTC) on Zoom

“Pictures at the Intersection of Photography & Collage” is at the moment on view at Kolaj Institute Gallery by way of 24 January 2026. All of the artworks on this exhibition are examples of artists working on the intersection of collage and pictures. Artists are reducing, mixing, and including to pictures. They are photographing collage discovered naturally occurring within the city panorama. They are intervening on or repurposing historic pictures to inform a brand new story. Artists are appropriating the grammatical idea “Locative” and photographing fragments strategically positioned on the earth or in a fabricated panorama. They are making artwork with their household pictures. They are collaging into self-portraits. They are taking pictures to make use of as fragments. They are utilizing the solar as glue and the fabric of pictures as a meaning-making machine. Each of those approaches results in extra complicated storytelling that pushes the boundaries of conventional pictures and collage. 

During this version of Kolaj LIVE Online, Ric Kasini Kadour will current a digital tour of the exhibition and we are going to hear from a number of the artists within the exhibition. Kadour can even current a preview of the brand new zine, Locative Kolaj by Special Agent Collage Collective, which was made by attendees on the 2025 version of Kolaj Fest New Orleans. Kadour wrote, “The intersection of collage and photography is not like a simple crossroads where two streets meet. It’s more like a roundabout where many paths come together before shooting off in different directions. The deeper one gets into this inquiry, the more road metaphors fail. It may be more helpful to think of the intersection of collage and photography as neuropathways or mycelium.”

ABOUT KOLAJ INSTITUTE’S PHOTOGRAPHY & COLLAGE PROJECT

The mediums of collage and pictures are certain collectively in an ongoing dialogue. The photographer makes photos of the world. The collagist remixes these photos to inform a narrative concerning the world we dwell in. “Today, we’re taking more photos than at any previous time in history,” famous EyeEm contributor Lars Mensel. “Many photographers are asking themselves how to set their work apart from that of their peers. Photography has become less about the skill to take technically perfect pictures–most modern smartphones accomplish this at the touch of a button–but how pictures are combined to tell a story.” In partnership with the New Orleans Photo Alliance, the Photography & Collage venture explores the intersection of those two mediums. We ask, What occurs when a collagist picks up the digicam? What occurs when a photographer collages their photos? 

Throughout 2024 and 2025, Kolaj Institute hosted digital residencies throughout which artists made work on the intersection of pictures and collage. Each June, New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery hosted exhibitions as a part of Kolaj Fest New Orleans and in December 2024, Kolaj Institute offered “Camera & Collage” at its gallery in New Orleans. These actions together with that of plenty of solo artists in residence and articles within the journal have given us many factors of reference to view and take into consideration the intersection. In December 2025 as a part of PhotoNOLA 2025, Kolaj Institute offered, “Pictures at the Intersection of Photography & Collage”, an exhibition at its gallery in New Orleans. Kolaj Institute will publish a e book about their findings.

ABOUT KOLAJ INSTITUTE GALLERY 

The mission of Kolaj Institute is to assist artists, curators, and writers who search to check, doc, and disseminate concepts that deepen our understanding of collage as a medium, a style, a neighborhood, and a twenty first century motion. We function plenty of initiatives meant to carry collectively neighborhood, examine essential points, and lift collage’s standing within the artwork world. 

Kolaj Institute’s Gallery in New Orleans presents exhibitions and connects Kolaj Institute and the artists we work with to the colourful St. Claude Arts District. We produce 8-10 exhibitions a 12 months and take part in Second Saturday, the neighborhood’s month-to-month artwork stroll, placing the collage artwork, books and exhibitions in entrance of New Orleanians and guests. The Gallery is situated at 2374 Saint Claude Avenue, Suite 230, on the nook with St. Roch Avenue above the Peach Cobbler Factory. The Gallery is open Thursday-Saturday, Noon-6PM or by appointment.

ABOUT RIC KASINI KADOUR

Ric Kasini Kadour, a 2021 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Curatorial Fellow, is a author, artist, writer, and cultural employee. He is the director of Kolaj Institute and one of many founders of Kolaj Magazine. His curation work contains exhibitions in Vermont at S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, the Vermont Arts Council, and the Southern Vermont Arts Center. He was additionally the Curator of Contemporary Art at Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh, Vermont, USA in 2019 and 2020. In conjunction with Kolaj Fest New Orleans, which he based, and LeMieux Galleries, he has curated seven exhibitions centered on essential points in collage. Other exhibitions embody “The Money $how”, co-curated with Frank Juarez, on the AIR Space Gallery at Saint Kate-The Arts Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (April 10-September 12, 2021). For Birr Vintage Week & Arts Festival in Birr, County Offaly, Ireland (August 13-20, 2021), he curated “Empty Columns Are a Place to Dream”, which traveled to the Knoxville Museum of Art in January-February 2022. At 516 ARTS in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Kadour co-curated with Alicia Inez Guzmàn two exhibitions: “Many Worlds Are Born” (February 19-May 14, 2022) and “Technologies of the Spirit” (June 11-September 3, 2022). In 2023 on the Knoxville Museum of Art, Kadour curated “Where the Sun Casts No Shadow: Postcards from the Creative Crossroads of Quito, Ecuador” (January 9-February 16, 2023) and “Mystical Landscape: Secrets of the Vale” (March 17-May 28, 2023). In September 2023, he curated “Word of Mouth: Folklore, Community and Collage” at A’ the Airts in Sanquhar, Scotland. Since the opening of Kolaj Institute Gallery in 2024, he has curated ten exhibitions, most not too long ago, “Joy and Grief: An Exhibition of Collage” (April 12-May 31, 2025), “Collage As Art Movement” (June 14-August 31, 2025), “Big Orange Monster: An Emergency Collage Exhibition” (September 10-October 18, 2025), “Trash as Material” (October 25-November 29, 2025), and “Pictures at the Intersection of Photography & Collage” (December 10, 2025-January 24, 2026).