Opening of making paper / making art

Contemporary artists engaging critical issues through papermaking.

The recent return to materiality within contemporary art practice has reactivated the conversations between artists and their mediums. This is particularly evident within the medium of paper. Historically paper has been relegated to the role of a substrate both in the broader public and within art practice.
Over the last few decades and in keeping with the re-materialisation of art a growing body of artists have found conceptual strength in the medium itself beyond its role as a substrate. This exhibition celebrates and documents an emerging community of contemporary artists based in Queensland that are making works of art addressing contemporary issues through the properties of paper itself.

Participating artist include Grace Cuell, Ana Paula Estrada, Fiona Foley, Annique Goldenberg, Sidonie Hall-Jordan, Tim Mosely, JungHa Park, Pamela See and Karen Stone.

Image Credit: I remember .... (series)
Karen Stone
handmade paper
pulp painted cotton and linen fibres
3.6 x 1.8 m
2018