The thing we most love about aMBUSH Gallery is the fact that they are not afraid to push the boundaries with shows – case in point with both their curation of Outpost Project as well as the recent Surface Tension exhibition.

Next up from this talented team, is something that we don’t see a hell of a lot of – a showcase of collage artists!

“Collage, originally a French word, derived from the word coller, meaning “to paste” is an art form very much reflective of our omnipresent consumer culture and a compelling medium in the contemporary art practice that seeks to interrogate it.

The cut-up aesthetic, the chopping up of found imagery and the reshuffling of the fragments, invests new meaning in familiar imagery. Themes of anarchy, instability and heterogeneity emerge as everyday images are deconstructed and reassembled.

Sampling and tapping into the ubiquitous scraps of modern life Alterations, Disturbances and Rips is an exhibition that suggests an investigation around the Collage medium and the various techniques employed by artists Danilo Brando (Brazil / NSW), Hilary Sloane (VIC), Joel Lambeth (NSW), Kareem Rizk (VIC) and Mauro Palmieri (VIC).

With each artist engaging with the medium from a different perspective the resulting assemblage of artworks will present as a complex tapestry of investigations – joined in the gallery space to become an extensive and multifaceted collage in itself.”

Another grand idea, and it looks fantastic – as if we needed yet another reason to get to aMBUSH Gallery!

Who: Kareem Rizk, Mauro Palmieri, Joel Lambeth, Danilo Brandao, Hilary Faye
What: Alterations, Disturbances & Rips group show
Where: aMBUSH Gallery, 4a James St, Waterloo, Sydney
When: Show opens Thursday 15th December from 6pm til 9pm and continues til December the 18th

Check out the aMBUSH Gallery website and the Facebook event page for more info.