"Paper Cuts: The Art of Contemporary Paper" at Michelson Museum of Art, Marshall, Texas September 1, 2007–October 5, 2007 Curated by Robert Cugno and Robert Logan of the Media Gallery in Garnett, Kansas, this exhibition started its tour in the fall 2004 with scheduled presentations at a whopping sixteen venues before its final showing last fall at the Michelson Museum of Art. The tour was organized by ExhibitsUSA, a national touring division of Mid-America Arts Alliance. The exhibition consisted of forty objects by 25 American artists including Lore Burger, Kathryn Clark, Joan Giordano, Michael LaFosse, Catherine Nash, Dianne L. Reeves, and Lynn Sures. Unfortunately out of print, there was a nicely illustrated brochure featuring an essay by Cindy Bowden, director of the Robert C. Williams American Museum of Papermaking. "Of Paper" at Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, Maryland September 7–October 26, 2007 This group exhibition—organized on the occasion of the 2007 Friends of Dard Hunter annual meeting—showcased eighteen artists who work in hand papermaking in the Baltimore/Washington, DC area. Many of the exhibiting artists are associated with Pyramid Atlantic in Silver Spring, Maryland, including its founder Helen Frederick who also contributed a short essay in the illustrated brochure that accompanied the show. The brochure, which includes information about each of the participating artists plus several enlightening artist statements, is available from Montpelier Arts Center, tel 301-953-1993. polly apfelbaum "Basic Divisions" at Dieu Donné Papermill Gallery, New York October 13–November 21, 2007 Polly Apfelbaum offered a powerful installation of pulp-marbled sheets with graphite additions in the first solo exhibition presented in Dieu Donné Papermill's new location in the Fashion District of Manhattan. Apfelbaum created the work under the Lab Grant residency for mid-career artists. The work explores the symbols and basic design elements used in nautical and Noted Exhibitions left: Brece Honeycutt, husk:fillagain, 2005, 12 x 10 x 6 inches (cast paper), 3 feet 6 inches x 14 x 16 inches (base), cast paper, pigment, steel. Courtesy of the artist. right: Joan Giordano, Time and the River, 1998, 60 x 60 x 8 inches, aluminum, steel mesh imbedded in abaca and cotton handmade paper. Courtesy of the artist. opposite page left: Carol Cole, Indonesian Shield, 2003, 34 x 15 x 8 inches, handmade paper and pulp, mixed media, found Styrofoam packing piece, map pins, shattered safety glass. Photo: Warren Wheeler. Courtesy of Longyear Museum of Anthropology, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York. top right: Elena Osterwalder, Floor installation of From the Earth: Modern Art from Traditional Hispanic Papermaking Roots, 2007, 9 x 25 feet, 475 sheets of dyed amate handmade paper, exhibited in the main lobby of the Rhodes Tower, Columbus, Ohio. Courtesy of the artist. bottom right: Polly Apfelbaum, Basic Divisions (Purple Gyronny), 2006–07, 22 x 30 inches, graphite on pigmented linen, from a suite of twelve unique works, produced during a Lab Grant residency at Dieu Donné Papermill. Photo: Peter J. Russo. Courtesy of Dieu Donné Papermill, New York. international flags. A full-color publication with an essay by Susan Harris, and a limited-edition poster, are available from Dieu Donné Papermill, info@dieudonne.org, tel 212-226-0573. carol cole "Transformation: Carol Cole Sculpture" at Longyear Museum of Anthropology, Alumni Hall, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York October 25, 2007–February 17, 2008 Carol Cole's sculptures are constructed from handmade paper pulp and found objects that represent the mundane or the discarded. Inspired by ethnographic artworks, Cole's work resonated with the objects around it in the anthropological museum setting at Colgate University. An exhibition brochure with an essay by curator Carol Ann Lorenz is available from the museum, 315-228-7184. elena osterwalder "From the Earth: Modern Art from Traditional Hispanic Papermaking Roots" at Rhodes Tower, Columbus, Ohio December 3–28, 2007 Working with large quantities of amate paper from Puebla, Mexico, cotton and linen paper, hemp, organic dyes, and wax, Mexico–born artist Osterwalder created an arresting installation in the lobby of a large corporate building traversed by over four thousand people daily. Sponsored by the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, "this project has been a challenge to me as an artist to introduce centuries-old practices into an installation of modern art," said Osterwalder in the accompanying color catalogue, available from the artist, eosterwalder@aol.com, and from artaccessgallery.com. reviews 46 - hand papermaking "The Embedded Image: Current Work in Hand Papermaking" at Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri January 11–February 24, 2008 This group exhibition was curated by Tom Lang, professor of printmaking and papermaking at Webster University in St. Louis. It featured a wide range of work—from tabletop sculptural constructions and artist books to large-scale pulp paintings—by sixteen artists: Maya Freelon Asante, Georgia Deal, John Gerard, Joan Hall, Helen Hiebert, Susan Warner Keene, Sandy Kinnee, Caroline McCarthy, Drew Luan Matott & Drew Cameron, Margaret Prentice, John Risseeuw, Megan Singleton, Buzz Spector, Beck Whitehead, and Paul Wong. A color brochure, with reproductions of one work by each artist, is available from Craft Alliance, tel 314-725-1177. John Risseeuw, La Explosión, 2003, 14 x 11 inches, woodcut, letterpress, polymer relief, hand coloring on pulp-painted handmade paper. Photo: John Risseeuw. Courtesy of Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri.
