Artists from across the United States are developing new and expansive uses of
paper as an artistic medium.
Not exact matches
The more people we get reading on the democratic
medium, the
medium that allows
artistic freedom of expression, the
medium that ships electrons and not fuel - costly
paper, the better our tradecraft
as writers and pastime
as readers will be.
Instead, the careful selection of artists and works included in the exhibition encourage the visitor to reconsider the unique properties of the
medium - primarily its ephemerality, and the ease with which it can be transformed into a variety of different objects - and, in doing so,
Paper sheds a new light on this
medium as both a raw material and a vehicle for
artistic expression.
Using hand - cut
paper, phosphorescent acrylic, holographic
paper, light installations and shadow - play, the artists in this exhibition investigate the possibilities of manipulating light
as an
artistic medium to create a profound experience for the viewer.
aluminum,
paper clay, bottle caps, gouache, acrylic paint and
medium My
artistic process is multifaceted
as I work in different series that include floor, wall, table top sculptures...
The choice to embrace
paper's many possibilities,
as much
as its common attributions of intimacy, spontaneity, delicacy and humbleness
as a specific ground for development of imagination, delivers a myriad of strong
artistic statements, entrenching
paper as an indeed powerful
artistic medium.
The pieces on view in this exhibition represent a diverse range of iconic word - based arrangements including a desktop calendar, diary entries, movie script, and Chinese scrolls, while referencing specific texts such
as the Constitution of the United States of America, The New York Times, the Periodic Table, Twitter and authored books, all dovetailed with an array of
artistic mediums from fine art prints, painting on
paper, and collage; to installation art, aerial sculpture, and video art.
Beginning in the 1970s, a wide range of artists, from Abstract Expressionists and Minimalists to Pop artists and Environmental artists, began experimenting with ways to use
paper pulp
as a
medium for
artistic expression.
She intentionally chose
paper as her principle
medium, women
as her imagery and print - making
as her «hand» — all
artistic decisions typically identified with «the minor arts» that were all made stronger for her embrace.