Analog Collage, 12 x 12 in
In Jas Turk's work, layered fragments form a kind of visual gospel, where the echoes of history reverberate with a defiant softness, blending resilience and rebirth. Each collage seems to carry a quiet invocation, a whisper that even amid uncertainty, beauty and truth are woven into the fabric of our shared story. Turk invites us to bear witness to resilience as a constant, an ancestral force that cannot be broken, only transformed. In the face of change, these works suggest a gentle insistence: there is always a path toward wholeness, toward light.
Analog Collage, 9 x 9 in
What collage means to me is a long, deep breath of the purest air. Collage is a ritualistic process that allows me to sort through my mind as I sort through various archival and upcycled materials. Collage means that just for a few moments at least, I will slow down in my day and find calm.
Analog Collage, 4.4 x 5.5 in
I am pulled back into the stories that I heard being told as a child—recollecting tales that at the root often led back to the importance of embodying an openness to change. This is a method of cultural preservation. Those tales and recollections then get embedded into my artwork and create a continuity of cultural virtues, such as fluidity.
Analog Collage, 8.5 x 11 in
Analog Collage, 12 x 12 in
There have been moments that I have started creating after sourcing images. Moments when I began my process with expectations to convey a heaviness or a hard thing, but as I moved along in my process and created, I began to no longer feel heavy. I started to feel lighter, and more uplifted—so I pivoted. I gave myself permission to lean into fluidity and changeability, and those are lessoned learned and preserved. This journey shows throughout the artwork, and it conveys feelings, which in turn conveys ancestral remembrance for me and for viewers.
Analog Collage, 8.5 x 11 in
As time goes on, I hope that I can continue to prompt deepened reflections about freedom. What it is, how it exists, how it could exist, and so on and so forth. Something that I personally reflect on, and I hope to continue to progress in being able to convey to others, is the freedom that exists within possibility. We can engage in dialogues around identity and heritage now, because people individually and collectively thought it to be possible. There is so much freedom that exists in possibility, so much strength. So much power.
Analog Collage, 8.5 x 11 in
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Jas Turk (they/she) [b. 1990] is a Black, queer, self-taught analog collage artist whose work powerfully interweaves art with cultural sustainability. With a Master of Arts in Cultural Sustainability from Goucher College (2021), Jas embodies a practitioner’s dedication to preservation and storytelling within the Black community, focusing on ancestral remembrance and cultural amplification.
Through a practice that blends sourced archival photographs, recycled paper, and repurposed materials, Jas creates unique, layered narratives that honor and elevate Black heritage. Each piece serves as a vessel for remembrance, inviting viewers into a shared experience of history, resilience, and enduring creativity.
For Your Viewing Pleasure
N. MASANI LANDFAIR was born Chicago, IL, lives and works in Georgia. She is an interdisciplinary installation-based practitioner interested in illuminating and meditating material culture as a means of rousing its spatial and temporal roots.
ALICIA SAADI'S work confronts social injustice by inserting African American narratives into spaces where they are often absent, such as the idealized image of the housewife. Drawing from midcentury African American publications, her collages use vintage recipe cards and decor manuals to depict untamed, surreal figures breaking domestic conventions, embodying her self-described “undomesticated” approach.
LIBERTY BLAKE creates abstract collages that explore nature and human experience, using salvaged paper to craft landscapes inspired by memory and myth. Each piece’s color and form are carefully chosen, reflecting her commitment to portraying natural environments through a material that itself echoes her theme.
Influenced by Dadaism, Constructivism, and London Punk, JUSTINE LAEUFER crafts dynamic collages that merge disparate elements into unexpected harmony. Her work explores tensions between rebellion and conformity, digital and analogue, feminism and masculinity, as well as personal contrasts like fragility and strength, nostalgia and presence.
REBECCA ANGEL, a fashion and textile industry veteran since her studies at the University of Brighton, addresses the industry's wasteful practices in her art. Acknowledging her role, she avoids virgin paper, repurposing materials and surfaces from her own textile work instead.
Out and About
What to watch, read, and experience, as curated by the Collé team.
▼ WATCH
How to See an Exquisite Corpse | Surrealism at 100 – MoMA
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Surrealist Manifesto, this short documentary takes a deep dive into the Surrealist game “exquisite corpse,” a collaborative drawing made by multiple people, each adding a different body part while unaware of what the others drew. This video itself takes the form of an exquisite corpse, with three distinct parts, each introduced by an exquisite corpse.
▼ ATTEND
Arthur Jafa in Conversation with Anne Imhof
Sprüth Magers, Los Angeles
Saturday, November 23, 2024 5pm
Learn more about the artists:
Arthur Jafa
Anne Imhof
▼ LISTEN
Shelly (EP) – 2020
Shelly is an indie pop collective featuring Clairo, Claud, Josh Mehling, and Noa Getzug, known for their lo-fi, bedroom-pop sound and DIY ethos. With introspective lyrics and dreamy instrumentals, the band captures themes of youth, love, and self-discovery.
