Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The history of collage began with the invention of paper in ancient China, and has since been embraced by Japanese poets, Victorian women, Cubists, Dadaists, and contemporary artists alike. So what makes this cut-and-paste medium so enduring?

For Minnesota-based artist Racquel Banaszak, collage is a way to tell layered stories, blending ancestral memory, personal history, and found materials into something entirely new.
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