the art of paper | part I

Mia Pearlman

INRUSH

2009

paper, india ink, paper clips, tacks

{ photo by Jason Mandella }

This work was featured at one of our FAVORITE exhibitions of all time: "Slash: Paper Under the Knife" at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York.

"Slash: Paper Under the Knife" takes the pulse of the international art world's renewed interest in paper as a creative medium and source of artistic inspiration, examining the remarkably diverse use of paper in a range of art forms. Slash is the third exhibition in MAD's Materials and Process series, which examines the renaissance of traditional handcraft materials and techniques in contemporary art and design. The exhibition surveys unusual paper treatments, including works that are burned, torn, cut by lasers, and shredded. A section of the exhibition will focus on artists who modify books to transform them into sculpture, while another will highlight the use of cut paper for film and video animations.

Selected artists will be commissioned to create site-specific or site-referential works, and others will be invited to create work onsite in MAD's three artist studios that will subsequently be installed in the exhibition.

We'll continue posting works from this exhibition from time to time...so prepare yourselves for an onslaught of marvelously creative PAPER ART.