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Collages by Bill Wolak

Bill Wolak

Artist’s Statement:
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.

Waiting Silence of the Treetops - Bill Wolak
Waiting Silence of the Treetops
A Spark Beneath the Question Mark - Bill Wolak
A Spark Beneath the Question Mark
Dreaming at the Speed of Light - Bill Wolak
Dreaming at the Speed of Light
As Light Steps Through Me - Bill Wolak
As Light Steps Through Me
Patient Clouds - BIll Wolak
Patient Clouds

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 July 21, 2015

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