I love the verticality of this one. I also like when painters work over collage. The textures are fantastic.

The diagonals of those central greens and in amongst the distressed greys are great. It's like a kind of jazz geometry at play. One of the things I love about collage is the intent. It looks random, but there's real purpose to the interplay of elements.

The dream like world that Midori Harata has created here, is a psychedelic playground of overlapping forms. The curves on the patterened elements set off the drawn central character beautifully. I'm all about that blue and white pentagon as well. Adorable.

There's a real sense of space and the outdoors in this piece by Shirley O'Neill. The solid blue and red at the bottom, reminds me a lot of the Scottish lowlands.

What I like about this Hockney from 1961 is the humour. He was irresistibly drawn to America but remained quintessentially English. (Well, he's a Yorkshireman, so that's like English through an amplifier and cranked up to eleven.) You look for the collage in this piece and then find the tiny head of George Washington, which I am quietly in love with. I love the juxtaposed flags as well. Positionally, colour wise, size. It says a lot about the post Victorian decline of British global influence.

This is a mixed media marvel. Metal, paper, paint, stamps. The keys from old style sardine cans are a nice touch. I'm not sure if the flowers in his hair are a reference to Blake's pre-eminence as an artistic force through the 1960s...

I like the perforated paper here. There's a beautiful energy at work. There's a speed at work.

Work that features text often confounds the eye. Your brain looks for meaning in the lettering.

The nice thing here is the use of translucent acrylic, so you can see the detail of the collage elements beneath.

In this piece, Laura Dean uses vintage style photo imagery. I use a lot of 1940's-1970's magazine photos. Back then in the days before HD, with the advent of colour reproduction, they would make stuff incredibly vibrant. The colour of the two women to the left is incredibly vivid.

The ethereal lightness here is noteworthy. That central area of pale blue paint to the bottom makes the whole composition. I love the fragility of the paper at the top on the left.

A dramatic piece here from Velika Janceva. Is the figure running away from the sniper's rifle, or running away having just fired it? I love the questions that collage raises.

I went on holiday to Greece in 1984. It was as hot as this collage looks.

Richard Hamilton's collage work of the 1960s was unbeatable. Brilliant depth, line and weight at work. That desk looks like you could lean in and set a cup of tea on it.

Another Hamilton here, inspired by the 1960s biggest news story, the space race. The cheeky CCCP to the left of the frame reminding viewers that the Soviets got there first. One of Kennedy's biggest ambitions was to put an American on the moon, which tragically he never lived to see.

Terry Frost working a bit like Matisse here, painting his own elements which he then collages onto a surface.

This early Frost collage I think was made in his final year at Camberwell School of art. The tones of the blocks beautifully augmented by the fragile charcoal line.

Paolozzi was an instinctive and brilliant collage artist. Inspired by the postwar boom years explosions in art, culture and industry. This piece is a classic Paolozzi sculpture, juxtaposing mechanical elements with classical art imagery.

Peter Blake's collage work was like the 1960s in microcosm. Optimism, change, youth, bold primaries but always with an eye on our past. The enamelled lettering and crafted framing.

This Ruskin Spear portrait of actor and comedian Sid James is also a portrait of Britain in 1962. James' black and white portrait framed by a television screen, in a faux lounge setting. Newspapers, magazines, post, a CND leaflet and a brochure for Henry Moore sit on the coffee table. It has a slight feel of Kurt Schwitters work.

Joan Eardley was a painter who often incorporated found elements and detritus into the surface of her works. Landscapes painted at Catterline on the East Coast would have grass, soil, sand and flowers mashed into the pigment. Her paintings of Glasgow children like this one, often featured a found text element.

I love this work. The tones and colours interplay perfectly. I would love to talk about why this couldn't just have been painted as opposed to collaged. Collage I suppose does allow you to try ideas out before committing to the glue...

This Ben Nicholson is reminiscent of Braque and Picasso. While the text draws the eye, the textures and shapes in the black areas are fab.

Check out the work that's gone into the background around the pictorial elements. Wonderful.

This monochromatic version of the Norwegian flag is a powerful image.

This 'checkerboard' arrangement by R.B.Kitaj is a work you could kill a lot of time in front of.

Another 'Glasgow kids' painting by Joan Eardley, with two blocks of newsprint framing her subjects.

A lovely vibrant 'art map' of West London. Perfect vehicle for collage.

This selection of one penny bus tickets by Islwyn Watkins is a lot like the Dadaist's works of the early 20th Century.

The dense complexity of this Paula Rego work is magnificent.

A later collage by Paolozzi here, is a marvellous fractured portrait. The elements are pulled apart but brought together with line work.

A great use of light, tone and shapes by Terry Frost.

A brilliant collage this, using tickets, photos and various other bits of life wreckage to paint a picture of a young woman.

There's a dreamlike quality to this one by Joan de Bethel. The image spilling over onto the picture frame, adds to this.

Worth noting that even a single collage element can add something to a painting.

A city with two Cathedrals and its share of sectarian issues, this work by Gareth Jones is evocative of Liverpool.

This kind of 'scrap book' style of collage is a compelling image. So much to look at.

This collage by Olive Cook is rich with contrasting images and textures.

A lovely vibrant photomontage from Anne Storno, using bold synthetic colours.

Gris was making 'papier collé' work after visiting Picasso and Braque round about 1912. His work differed in having a broader colour palate.

This incredible dense work by an unknown Dundee artist shows you what collage is capable of. Layers upon layers under colours then more layers. Marvellous.

So much going on in this work. So atmospheric.

Great use of a map of India and Pakistan in this work by asian artist Salima Hashmi.

A great narrative collage piece here.

An almost graphic line in this piece by Roy Grayson.

The sinking of Argentinian warship The Belgrano was one of the most controversial incidents of the Falklands conflict. This evocative painting and collage is owned by The Imperial War Museum.

A marvellous collision of period elements collaged together and then painted over with oils.

A brilliant abstract collage from Victor Passmore with a great sense of space and vibrance.

A haunting and considered work from Grace Gardner. Modern found photo portraiture alongside images of classical Greek statuary, maps and text. The grey acrylic wash that the piece sits on adds to the mood. The flashes of blue text remind one of the Greek sky and the Aegean Sea.

There's a playfulness to this work which is irresistible. Vibrant collaged components and words sit on a white background. The addition of collaged components to a painting can change mood and context.