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Some Thoughts on Paper

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4 Responses to “Some Thoughts on Paper”

  1.    Isabel Says:
    February 17th, 2008 at 10:17 am

    I think that these pieces are a good example of how it is possible to work with one material. The artists push the material in different directions to create something else. In some instances we are not aware of the paper until we examine the works closely. In other cases the material is there, as paper; however, the way it is presented makes the work interesting. I am very interested in working with one material and repetition as well. Other sculptors who use paper in their work are Tara Donovan (some instalations), Richard Sweeney and Jen Stark (who’s work is already shown here). If you want to see some of their work you can take a look at my five sculptors at:
    http://isabel.umwblogs.org

  2.    smilingirisheyes Says:
    February 17th, 2008 at 11:43 am

    Jen Stark is amazing! After looking at bigger images on Isabel’s blog I am blown away by her use in paper. When I first saw it I thought it was just strips of paper lined up in that design but then up close u see that it recedes into the white form. The other one on Isabel’s blog I think is beautiful! It is an example of pushing one material and repetition 110%.

  3.    Casey Says:
    February 18th, 2008 at 7:52 am

    These works are incredible. Like Isabel, I enjoy working with repetition and using the same materials. Most of the time when I have thought about using paper I have not been able to make it appear to not be paper. These works are all beautiful examples of what can be done with paper. Some of them do seem to be paper, but they are made in an exciting way, in a way that I haven’t seen paper used before. Others leave no indication that the work is made out of paper, which is really exciting. I am now even more hesitant to use paper, I have incredible pieces to now compare to, but I am more excited about the use of repetition and a single material.

  4.    roblog Says:
    February 18th, 2008 at 9:42 pm

    Thomas Demand, who reconstructs photographs out of paper and then photographs them again (then destroys the paper sculptures) was the first contemporary artist whose work ever blew me away. It was long before I even considered the possibility of remotely appreciating contemporary art. Its hard to argue with:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Slideshow/slideshowContentFrameFragXL.jhtml?xml=/arts/slideshows/demand/pixdemand.xml&site=

    One of the fascinating things about his work is how far he pushes the flat-paper metaphor: paper is flat, a photograph is flat, a flat photograph of flat paper yields a notion of physical space and real depth. (Additionally, his “sculptures” yield only one possible point of view–the one that he eventually photographs. This reinforces the dutch camera-obscura picture plane that artists have used since the 1600’s.) I think this is an elegant use of appropriation that builds on the concept of Richard Prince’s and Sherrie Levine’s “re-photography.” (Arguably though, it is a very “safe” resolution to that very unsafe concept.)

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