Cecil Touchon News
New Video, "Musicality of the Eye" Profiles TYFA Gallery Artist: Cecil Touchon
October 20th 2016
In the new video "Musicality of the Eye" by Noor-un-Nisa Visual Media, "Cecil Touchon gives a brief description at the Archives of the International Museum of Collage Assemblage and Construction, in Santa Fe, NM of the principles of musicality behind much of his artwork.
Cecil Touchon is an internationally known artist, and is most recognized for his collage based works. He collects the papers he uses in his works from second-hand shops, flea markets and antique stores, as well as street posters and road side bill board paper. Touchon has also been working on an art project using the concept of the museum as art genre, and has archived over twenty thousand works of art from artists all over the world over the last twenty years. Cecil Touchon's art and ideas have been influential on countless other artists.
His paintings and collage works can be found in many major corporate and private collections world wide and his work associated with projects in the Fluxus/Mail Art communities can be found in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, the Tate Modern, London, UK, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, the Fogg Museum of Art Archive, Cambridge, MA, Archivo Francesco Conz, Verona Italy, and the Glasgow School of Art Library, UK, among others."