Saturday, November 21, 2009

Slash: Paper Under the Knife

I've never been to Museum of Art and Design (MAD) located at the Columbus Circle. For some reason, its ultra modern design never tickled my fancy. Here is the building:
Photobucket
Then I read about an exhibition entirely made of paper there. So my lady and I went to check it out despite the discouraging $12 ticket price. And boy was it worth it! It was perhaps the most satisfying art exhibit I've been in a long time. Something about seeing extremely detailed, labor intensive work based on a simple, elemental material like paper brings out so much joy in me. I got nothing against collages but when it comes to utilizing paper, there is nothing like intricate paper cuts. Standouts are:

Andrea Dezsö:
MAD,Slash: paper under knife
Photobucket
Photobucket
Dezsö Tunnel Books- delicately layered and painted small dioramas were my favorites. Too bad pictures I found online don't do her work justice. They are really something. Full of imagination and stories.
link

Ed Pien
Photobucket
Photobucket
Photobucket
Large scale, intricately cut silhouettes. Beautiful.
link

Andrew Scott Ross
Photobucket
Loved the line qualities on this. Playful.
link

Rob Ryan
Photobucket
I've seen Ryan's work as book covers. Use of images and letters, his stuff had more controlled, victorian silhouette sensibilities to it.
link

And of course, undoubtedly, Kako Ueda's work Reciprocal Pain was one of the highlights of the show
Photobucket
link

2 comments:

  1. Thank you Dustin. The best pictures of my tunnel books can be found on my website at www.andreadezso.com.
    Best wishes with your blog.
    Andrea

    ReplyDelete
  2. I changed the link directly to your website. Thanks for stopping by. It's really an honor. I adore your work.

    ReplyDelete