When collage is made with three-dimensional objects, it is called an assemblage or construction. Other artists to research and explore collage methods are George Braque, Juan Gris, Henri Matisse, Joseph Cornell and Jasper Johns. Contemporary artists David Hockney, Julian Schnabel, Jennifer Berringer, Timothy Harney and Robert Kelly utilize collage elements in their work. Many modern artists are climbing the craft ladder to the fine art balcony. An artist usually begins with a string of questions.
Collage has many industrial applications, particularly in film and advertising.
Collage is a superb way to combine a lot of images people enjoy seeing. It takes the ordinary and forces you to look at things from a new perspective. Collage can be very thought provoking. Collage can combine paint with papers, boards with wire, and silk with cotton. It produces portraits, still lifes, landscapes, abstracts, architecture, and assemblages.