Project Description
Chiasmage is a collage technique made up of numerous small fragments of torn or cut text or images all in the same small scale, then rearranged in dense pattern of geometric shapes, concentric circles, paths, spiral or irregular configurations.
Torn into tiny pieces, the text lose its semantic meaning becoming purely figurative and non-verbal poetry.
Kolar cuts the pieces from a variety of sources: the Larousse, of the Bible, the Koran, Latin, Hebrew, Gothic, Arabic, Chinese texts, tables, timetables, star atlases, maps, music …
Jiri Kolar – unknown letter from Goethe on his discovery of the planet of the birds (Detail)
Jiri Kolar – unknown letter from Goethe on his discovery of the planet of the birds
Jiri Kolar (1976) Collage en miroir, chiasmage, bois, 50,3 x 71,5 cm
Jiri Kolar 1982 Detail Chiasmage in bas-relief on wood panel 90.2 x 65.1 cm Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 1998 (1999.363.34) http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1999.363.34
In Kolar’s chiasmages, torn fragments of text are applied to flat surfaces, to reliefs, or even to three-dimensional objects.
LEFT: Jiri Kolar (1972) apple I, chiasmage on polystyrene papier-mâché inner core, RIGHT: Kolar 1965 apple collage item
kolat 1965 globe with musical notation collage item
El chiasmage es un collage formado por numerosos fragmentos pequeñitos de textos o imágenes todos en la misma escala, y reordenados de acuerdo con un patrón geométrico muy denso denso, círculos concéntricos, líneas, espirales o configuraciones irregulares.
Roto en pedazos pequeños el texto pierde su valor semántico dejando a las palabras sin sentido y convirtiéndolas en poesía no verbal puramente figurativa . Kolar corta las piezas de una variedad de fuentes: las páginas del Larousse, de la Biblia, el Corán, textos en latin, hebreo, gótico, árabe, textos chinos, tablas, calendarios, atlas de la estrella, partituras etc.
Los chiasmages de Kolar, los trozos de papel rotos se aplican a superficies planas, a relieves, o incluso a los objetos tridimensionales.
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