Collages
"Collage liberates words and objects from their original intention. How else might the page of an anatomy textbook or a scrap of chair caning end up on the walls of an art museum? More than just an assemblage of disparate pieces, collage takes things that were never meant to be art and turns them into just that. Lisa Haddad’s artwork incorporates images from all facets of life — from office papers to word search puzzles — as reference to the overabundance of information and imagery in our daily lives. The resulting work incorporates reality without duplicating it."
— Laura Hutson, Nashville Scene
"Ex Situ" Collage Series
Inspired by a trip along the St. Lawrence and seeing beluga whales in the river and trumpeter swans in a cornfield - these works are about the misplacements of beings in unexpected, alien places. Watch the 3 time-lapse-video, multi-step process of creating "Elephants on Second Avenue" on Lisa Haddad Art on YouTube
Process: Large format sketch divided into supports for collage works
Process Videos
I. Large Sketch/Cut Into Pieces
II. Adding Collage Papers and Paint
III. Finishing Composition with Mixed Media
I. Large Sketch/Cut Into Pieces
II. Adding Collage Papers and Paint
III. Finishing Composition with Mixed Media
ECHO Collage - created using the same technique as my ECHO Paintings ™, with eyes closed for the duration of the process. Papers were set up in three trays alongside a palette and were carefully placed within reach. There was intention and time spent in the choice of specific papers and colors - "When I Was a Boy" is a revelry of childhood wanderings and freedom from imposed identity
"When I Was a Boy" 18"x20" papers, acrylic, pencil and crayon on board
Nightwalks Series - Miniature Collages on Wood
B&W Painted Papers - with papers found on the streets, or from Turnip Green Creative Reuse or exchanged between members of the Nashville Collage Collective
Sketchbook Collages - using found papers from Tennessee, California, the Pacific Northwest, Ontario & Quebec
San Francisco Collage Collective: https://sfcollagecollective.wordpress.com/
San Francisco Collage Collective: https://sfcollagecollective.wordpress.com/
An "In Situ" Collage for Nashville Arts Magazine -
"When given back-issues of Nashville Arts and the mission to come up with a collage for our magazine, artist Lisa Haddad dug through office recycling bins and shipping boxes to come up with this custom piece. She envisioned a finished product that would reflect not only our vivid and colorful magazine, but the layers of white paper through which it’s born. Indeed, though limited to the materials of this magazine, the finished product was also a visual journey which has ultimately taken on a life of its own. Each of her pieces, which are most often a combination of prepared and found papers integrated with applications of paint, crayon, graphite - becomes an environment, and many of Haddad’s collages are named for places, real and imagined.
Collage has surfaced again and again in the fine art world form Braque and Picasso’s still-life assemblages using wallpaper and cafe menus, to Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock who cut up and reassembled their own abstract canvases. All seem to be driven by the need to compose with and integrate the materials at hand. Present day collagists have more imagery readily available than ever before and the juxtaposition of potential elements is limitless.
Collage has enjoyed a renewed popularity and Lisa has been involved with international collage groups and most recently as a founding member of the Nashville Collage Collective, local artists who have come together to explore this exciting branch of fine art."
Nashville Arts Magazine - February 2011
Collage has surfaced again and again in the fine art world form Braque and Picasso’s still-life assemblages using wallpaper and cafe menus, to Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock who cut up and reassembled their own abstract canvases. All seem to be driven by the need to compose with and integrate the materials at hand. Present day collagists have more imagery readily available than ever before and the juxtaposition of potential elements is limitless.
Collage has enjoyed a renewed popularity and Lisa has been involved with international collage groups and most recently as a founding member of the Nashville Collage Collective, local artists who have come together to explore this exciting branch of fine art."
Nashville Arts Magazine - February 2011
Gatherings of the Nashville Collage Collective - The Nashville Collage Collective meets in my studio and in public places - any local collagists may join us. We share a large communal stash of materials and have exhibited in a several local galleries. The Green Gallery of Turnip Green Creative Reuse has hosted our annual show since 2012, where our works incorporate a wide array of found materials in step with their mission to keep things out of the landfill. A portion of sales-proceeds goes toward sustainability education and arts outreach.
"Inside Story" 10.5"x7.5"
back cover of a library book with painted & found papers - constructed at Turnip Green Creative Reuse of donated materials |
"Sun Ra Plays A Train" 13"x18"
water-soluble crayon, acrylic and plastic produce bag on canvas |
The Art of Collage - Works on Wood
"Blue Village" 15" x 18" mixed media collage on wood
"The Four Corners" - a Nashville-area collaborative group: Lisa Haddad, Eva Sochorova, robert bruce scott and Randy L Purcell. The Four Corners shared artwork starts between themselves, adding elements until all concurred that the collaborations were finished.
"Sea Story" by The Four Corners 24"x25" found papers, paint, crayon, screening on wood