Louise Laplante and Nan Fleming, Collages: Departure and Adaptions

Two artists who have communed closely through the collage medium present works in separate galleries with individualistic results.

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According to Laplante, there is always something of a surrealist element to collage. She explains that it lets logic and reality go and in her works, the results are pictorial “dreams”, bits of reality recombined to produce a new free-form invented world. Here Laplante concerns herself with "how much you can say with a minimum amount of elements." These collages are based in free association, using vintage periodical and book images to create discrete worlds by merging image, color, and placement.

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In Flemings's case, isolation and loss experienced in the last few years have led to a new kind of expression in this body of collage. She is known previously for her quirky, humorous 3-D assemblage, but our pandemic retreat has led her to this group of collages mirroring both sadness and hope for the world as it is and the wonder at its beauty. Working with color, pattern, and textures on paper she presents work aligned with mood.
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Images presented: Laplante's on left "Flesh and Fantasy - Which Is You" on right Fleming's "Free Radical #2"