John Armstrong and Paul Collins Collaborative Art: Painting, Sculpture, Photography

Nongfu Spring Corner (2011-12) by John Armstrong and Paul Collins
Oil on chromogenic print, 20 x 30 inches (50.8 x 76.3 cm)

John Armstrong & Paul Collins have been engaged in an itinerant, collaborative art practice since 1999. Collins lives and works in Paris, and Armstrong in Toronto. By frequently meeting in one or the other’s cities, or elsewhere on the planet and even more regularly in cyberspace, they are able to hash out their projects and physically/virtually work side-by-side. Their photographs, videos, performances and painted images record places, events and objects they come across in the course of their daily lives. These elements are variously juxtaposed to suggest narratives that play with the porous nature of individual and collective memory.