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  • noun Plural form of collagist.

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Examples

  • An exhibition earlier this year at Stuart Shave/Modern Art in London a substantial retrospective show is to follow at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris in the autumn, and she is currently in an Arts Council England touring show of collagists, revealed an artist bringing her imagery luridly up to date while maintaining an unmistakable style and texture.

    Linder, the artist with the hex factor 2011

  • On Monday that means hosting the show that was supposed to be at DC9 featuring kaleidoscopic pop collagists A Sunny Day in Glasgow and the gooey, swirling soundscapes of Candy Claws.

    Nightlife Agenda Fritz Hahn 2010

  • Other maverick collagists here include everyone from Andy Warhol to Jeff Koons.

    This week's new exhibitions 2011

  • They're better known as sound collagists than as songwriters, but Sleigh Bells perfectly captured the awkward hopefulness of the teenage girl on this "Treats" highlight.

    Singles file: The top 25 songs of 2010 Allison Stewart 2010

  • While his example has inspired a host of collagists and constructionists, he looks even more unique with the passage of time.

    Gifts That Keep On Giving 2008

  • But it's also, of course, a haven for moonlighting curators of pop culture, collagists, mash-up artists and vloggers, one of whom, Lonelygirl15 became a star, then an international mystery, then a Wired cover girl.

    GreenCine Daily: Random bullet-point-fire. 2006. 2006

  • You can expect more linguistic collagists, more successors to Jean-Michel Basquiat or Jeff Koons, further refinements on grunge or hip-hop or punk or roots-rock or metal or reggaeton.

    The New New Thing: Same As It Ever Was 2007

  • * Schwitters/Arp gathers 140 works by the two most renowned collagists of the 20th century (Kurt Schwitters got the technique from Hans Arp, who learned from Picasso).

    THE BEST OF THE REST 2007

  • It turns us from laborers to "amateur collagists" or "scavengers and improvisers, constructing odd assemblages out of detritus and leftovers: a few scraps of time and some dormant emotions are stuck together to create something unforeseen, to have new experiences."

    Adultery Finds Witty Champion, Domestic Coupledom Takes a Hit 2003

  • An exhibition earlier this year at Stuart Shave/Modern Art in London a substantial retrospective show is to follow at the Arts Council England touring show of collagists, revealed an artist bringing her imagery luridly up to date while maintaining an unmistakable style and texture.

    The Guardian World News Brian Dillon 2011

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