Collage artists layer meaning and delight
Anyone who’s picked up a picture book by Eric Carle, from “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” to “A House for Hermit Crab,” instantly recognizes the vivid illustrations, which were assembled from layers upon layers of tissue paper. The late Mr. Carle’s collages inspire artists today to expand on his legacy, and to experiment with imagery from their own backgrounds and cultural traditions.
Ekua Holmes, a Boston-based artist whose work appears in a current exhibition at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts, has described collage as a kind of alchemy. “In its own small way, collage is recycling, upcycling, revitalizing items that
