Look at collages by Romare Bearden. Notice how he uses different piecesof paper or cloth cut into different shapes. Collect magazine pictures that have exciting colors, patterns andtextures. Create an abstract collage by cutting the pictures collected intoshapes. Abstract art does not represent things exactly as they appear, thingsare usually distorted or changed.
Collage is the French word for stickingor gluing.
He began making collages about the African-American experience in the 1960's. Trisha M. Reflections 1. Contact Us Ridgewood Public Schools Send comments to Harold Olejarz .