Collage as a way of expression in contemporary art

In this study called ''Collage As a Way of Expression in Contemporary Art'', the collage, which has been developing since the 20th century, has been examined through artists from different backgrounds. In this context, the original artworks of the artists, who make the collage an important part of their art production, are included. In the first part of the study, the historical development of the collage technique and it's first usage in the art history are discussed through different artist examples. Although the first usage of the collage dates back to the 15th century, it has been observed that it entered the history of art in the most specific way with the Cubism movement. It was later emphasized that collage gained momentum with the Henri Matisse who pioneers of the Fovism movement, and lived the golden age with Surrealism, Dadaism and Pop Art movements. In the second part, with the abstract art movement started to affect the art world, the collage creates a unique language within the abstract art and it got rid of being only a technique. It was revealed that the collages produced after 1940 had an expressive effect and carried traumatic traces of the world, which changed completely after the war. In the third part, the relationship of the collage with Turkish painting art was examined based on the post-2000 production of artists of different styles such as Burhan Doğançay, Özdemir Altan and Bahar Kocaman. In the fourth chapter, it is explained by contemporary artists of different origins such as Sergei Sviatchenko, Jazoo Yang, İrfan Önürmen, Daniel Otero Torres and Karin Olah, where the collage has become a way of expression in today's art. It has been seen that the collage contains today's problems and is shaped according to the artist's life, identity, gender, experience and different ways of thinking. Keywords: Collage, Contemporary Art, Abstract, Paper