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AGO Pays Homage to the History of Playing with Pictures
Sixty years ahead of the avant-garde, aristocratic women of the 1860s and 1870s combined photographs and watercolours to create the little-known phenomenon of Victorian photocollage. From June 5 to September 5, the Art Gallery of Ontario hosts Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage, organized by the Art Institute of Chicago.
Eye Weekly: Playing With Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage
Review by David Balzer. "Memorializing friends and lovers in scrapbooks and albums has been around as long as there have been over-educated women with time on their hands..."
Toronto Star: The roots of Surrealism in Victorian collage
Review by Murray White, Visual Art Critic. "Ladies of leisure command overdue respect with witty photo cut-ups..."
Play with Pictures and Win!
We’d love to see photocollages that you’ve created, either with our Playing with Pictures templates or your own originals. We’ll have monthly draws for a set of 2 free AGO tickets throughout the duration of the show, so post or send us your images for a chance to win!
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