and
features the work of around 30 artists on an overall theme of paper. It was beautiful, fascinating, inspiring and
just downright good. I strongly
recommend a visit.
It’s hard to pick out
‘favourites’; the work was all so creative and inspiring. Log-Bin Chen uses woodworking tools to carve
busts and figures from stacks of old books e.g. obsolete New York telephone
directories. This article gives you an idea - here. Peter Callesen, conversely, creates remarkable art from single sheets of A4 paper, for example, look at these. Manabu Hangai had created a wonderful forest and Rob Ryan's work
is well-known and instantly recognisable.
I find what Georgia Russell does with books absolutely breathtaking –
try this for starters - The Story of Art –
but there are dozens more. And I strongly recommend anyone reading this blog to
look at a film called ‘Going West’, on this site http://www.andersenm.com/. I could go
on!
It has
really made me think about future photographic projects. The ways in which these artists have taken
simple materials and transformed them into something ‘else’, something with
another life, another meaning; often a new existence that has some sort of
relationship to their previous form, but almost transported to another
dimension. After completing Assignment
Two, I had referred to a possible exploration of conceptual still life images. Now I’m thinking about materials, everyday
objects, combined, transposed ...!
OK – I did
say it was an inspiring exhibition! It
will be back to my Paris Photo images shortly – but I don’t think the
impact of this visit is going to go away.
