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A collage of a large, jagged green mineral crystal set against a bright yellow background. A geometric composition of pink, orange, yellow and blue squares is laid over the centre of the stone.

Art: Bryan Olson has made some new collages and they're still strange and great

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Date
21 August 2013

We were definitely wowed the first time round by Bryan Olson’s surrealist collages, so when we clocked that he’d updated what was an already admirable collection of work, we were the first to demand a leg-up onto his bandwagon. The latest additions to his bizarre compositions are largely concerned with gems and planetary matter of all shapes and sizes and preferably with tiny little people gazing up at them, awestruck. It’s an absurd world that Bryan has fashioned, scissors in one hand, Pritt-Stick (maybe) in the other, but his excellent execution allows his images to take on a startling reality. So much so that you almost feel like you’re watching a retro 1970s science documentary…

A digital collage of a purple rectangular slab floating over a dark, reflective body of water. Six vertical yellow beams of light pass through the slab, ending in glowing spheres at different heights.
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Bryan Olson: Northern Lights

A digital collage of the Earth resting inside a textured, metallic cube. The scene is set against a dark, star-filled expanse of space.
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Bryan Olson: Fragility

A collage of a rocky mountain peak with a winding, colourful ribbon flowing across the landscape. The ribbon is yellow and red with white arrows and the words “WARM AIR”.
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Bryan Olson: Warm Air

A collage of a green, bubbly rock formation set against a bright red background. A series of concentric, colourful semi-circles in yellow, pink, and green are laid over the centre.
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Bryan Olson: Gem Club 3

A 3D render of a translucent green crystalline block against a plain beige background. One side of the form is overlaid with a dark blue geometric pattern of glowing lines and stars.
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Bryan Olson: Kryptonite

A collage shows a person standing beside a towering, abstract sculpture made of rusted, geometric metal forms. The sculpture looms over the figure against a plain green background.
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Bryan Olson: Gem Club 2

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Maisie Skidmore

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Maisie joined It’s Nice That fresh out of university in the summer of 2013 as an intern before joining full time as an Assistant Editor. Maisie left It’s Nice That in July 2015.

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