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Undressing the Darkness: 12 Collages by Bill Wolak

Bill Wolak

Collage undresses the darkness with a mirror’s secret undertow. It’s a dance done on burning kites while dreaming at the speed of light. Expectant as nakedness, collage is a door that surfaces in the shipwreck of your sleep. It’s a caress with the irresistible softness of a slipknot in a velvet blindfold. At its best, like poetry, collage is a moan just beyond delirium.

I make collages out of all kinds of materials. Most are made out of paper engravings. Many collages are digitally generated or enhanced.

The Awakening of Sunburnt Silk -- Bill Wolak collage
The Awakening of Sunburnt Silk
The Elegance of Union - Bill Wolak collage
The Elegance of Union
Moonlight Traced a Map in the Sand - Bill Wolak collage
Moonlight Traced a Map in the Sand
The Mirror's Arousal - Bill Wolak collage
The Mirror’s Arousal
Quick Fingered Dawn - Bill Wolak collage
Quick Fingered Dawn
Reaching into the Perfume's Empty Pocket - Bill Wolak collage
Reaching into the Perfume’s Empty Pocket
Touching Moonlight Beneath the Sand - Bill Wolak collage
Touching Moonlight Beneath the Sand
Flexible As Lightning - Bill Wolak collage
Flexible As Lightning
Intimate Aftermath - Bill Wolak collage
Intimate Aftermath
The Last Inescapable Dream - Bill Wolak collage
The Last Inescapable Dream
Inconceivable Uncertainty - Bill Wolak collage
Inconceivable Uncertainty

Bill Wolak

Bill Wolak is a poet, collage artist, and photographer who lives in New Jersey and has just published his eighteenth book of poetry entitled All the Wind’s Unfinished Kisses with Ekstasis Editions. He has published interviews with the following poets, writers, and artists: Anita Nair (India), John Digby (United Kingdom), Dileep Jhaveri (India), Gueorgui Konstantinov (Bulgaria), Naoshi Koriyama (Japan), Sultan Catto (United States), Ilmar Lehtpere (Estonia), Jeton Kelmendi (Kosovo), Yesim Agaoglu (Turkey), Mahmood Karimi Hakak (United States), Philip Cioffari (United States), Yongshin Cho (Korea), Manolis (Emmanuel Aligizakis) (Canada), Jami Proctor Xu (United States), Stanley H. Barkan (United States), Annelisa Addolorato (Italy), and William Heyen (United States).

Author: Bill Wolak Tags: Bill Wolak, collage Category: Visual Art and Visual Poetry December 15, 2016

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