John R. Miles III

Artist Statement

Collage has become a lost art form over the years. Romare Bearden brought Collage to light during the Harlem Renaissance, and I’m bringing it back to light today. I want the world to understand that collage is not just the cutting and pasting of pictures on a page. Instead,it's more like taking puzzle pieces that were never meant to fit together and manipulatingthem to not only fit, but also to make an aesthetically pleasing image during theculmination ofa long, and tedious process.