Peter CallesenHalf Way Through, 2006
Acid free A4 115 gsm paper, pencil, and glue
We're coming off a fantastic week with Island Press artist Mark Fox. It seems that our work last week involved more cutting than printing. Does anyone want to speculate on the origin and/or significance of the current paper cutting phenomenon in contemporary art?
Check out these artists who use cut paper:
Nicola Lopez
Mark Fox
Kako Ueda
Diana Cooper
Beatrice Coron
Peter Callesen
Kara Walker
Yuken Teruya
Imi Hwangbo
Nicola Lopez
Mark Fox
Kako Ueda
Diana Cooper
Beatrice Coron
Peter Callesen
Kara Walker
Yuken Teruya
Imi Hwangbo
6 comments:
In terms of our conversation on monoprints/types, I think work involving cut-outs can be seen as unique in a similar way. With Mark Fox's work, we were printing shapes from set templates, however, it is the final arrangement of those cut shapes that will make the individual pieces. Especially when transforming 2D paper shapes into 3D objects, there is plenty of room for variation.
I like paper b/c I can eat it.
tony, you really shouldn't eat paper.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLXHvBFG-CI
(this is 5 minutes long, but its about a 2 legged dog...so its worth it. Lisa, I swear this is the last one.)
I think that because paper has been used as a means by which the viewer sees the work of art, cutting the paper- the foundation- and making the paper the art itself is something new and exciting especially because all of a sudden it becomes extremely precious-light weight, paper thin (ha) and vulnerable to the elements: weather, sneezing, breathing, etc.
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