1960
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1960 by Jirí Kolár, depicting Writing, held at Museum of Modern Art.
You see bits of old book pages and newspaper glued onto plain paper, like a puzzle someone tore apart and put back wrong. Kolár didn’t paint—he cut. He took printed words and images, sliced them up, and rearranged them into something new. It’s quiet rebellion: no brush, no color, just scissors and glue against the rules of "real" art. If this makes you curious, look up impasto—a thick, textured way of painting that’s the opposite of Kolár’s flat, cut-up style.
Jiří Kolář (; 24 September 1914 – 11 August 2002) was a Czech poet, writer, painter and translator. His work included both literary and visual art.
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