Kolaj Institute Gallery: Camera & Collage

Jim Steg's late-career Polaroids are is included in Kolaj Institute's new exhibition, “Camera & Collage.” Curated by Ric Kasini Kadour, the exhibit features an international selection of artists who combine photography and collage in their work. The show is on view through Jan 25 in conjunction with PhotoNOLA, New Orleans’ annual festival of photography.

Curator statement: "The mediums of collage and photography are bound together in an ongoing dialogue. The photographer makes pictures of the world. The collagist remixes those pictures to tell a story about the world we live in. What happens when the photographer begins collaging their own work? What happens when the collage artist picks up the camera?

“‘Camera & Collage’ brings together artists from Australia, Kuwait, Mexico, Canada, and the United States each of whom have developed a practice that sits at the intersection of collage and photography. The artwork demonstrates a variety of techniques and approaches. The artists are engaged in collage as process; making art with family archives and found materials; exploring alternative processes; and challenging how we think about images in a world flooded with them. In doing this, the artists invite viewers to consider questions of identity and gender; family and memory; the materiality of photography; and history and artist process." - Ric Kasini Kadour

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The Kolaj Institute Gallery is located at 2374 Saint Claude Avenue, Suite 230, at the corner of St. Roch (above the Peach Cobbler Factory). The gallery is open Thursday-Saturday, from Noon-6PM or by appointment.

Read more about the exhibition here.

Camera & Collage
Nov 29, 2024 - Jan 5, 2025

Kolaj Institute Gallery
2374 St Claude Ave, Suite 230
New Orleans, LA 70117

Hours: Thu-Sat 12-6
Reception: December 14, 2024, 6-9PM

Jim Steg Featured in Times-Picayune

New Orleans Times Picayune, Sunday, February 25, 2024

Doug MacCash wrote about Jim Steg and the Ghost Army for a recent Times-Picayune article entitled “This WWII Ghost Army soldier tricked the Nazis. Now, the New Orleans professor will be honored.”

Featured as the headline article for the Living section on Feb. 25, it’s a great read with ample illustrations.

You can access it online here.

Ghost Army Exhibit at Nevada Museum of Art

Ghost Army: The Combat Con Artists of World War II  is on view in Reno, Nevada through July 23, 2023. Produced by the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, this exhibition brings together archival photography, historical artifacts, uniforms, sketches, and life-sized recreations of inflatable military equipment used during combat. The museum will offer free admission to active military members, their families, and veterans.

Jim Steg Featured on Analog Forever

Analog Forever, a publisher of contemporary analog photography, has a new feature highlighting Jim’s Polaroid work.  The article “Jim Steg’s Inspired Journey” includes an insightful essay by Barbara Hitchcock, Curator Emeritus of The Polaroid Collection.

“Whether the images that Jim Steg created are relatively straight forward or highly manipulated, they were innovative, unique and exceedingly personal. His artistic journey was one of constant inquiry and exploration. His creative spirit turned on its head Edwin Land’s belief in the absolute perfection of SX-70 film. To our delight, Jim Steg proved that each SX-70 photograph could actually be a starting point that inspires experimentation, that spurs invention and that reveals images previously conjured only within the mind’s eye.”

Enjoy the article & images here.