Paper Plains – Groupshow
Maliheh Afnan, Robert Fry, Hubertus Hamm, Franziska Klotz, Tamara Kvesitadze, Alexander Polzin, Susanne Roewer, Hubert Scheibl, Leonardo Silaghi, Jan Tichy, Sonny Sanjay Vadgama
The exhibition “Paper Plains” will show a wide spectrum of techniques to working on paper, including etchings, prints, photographs, drawings and paintings. It brings together established artists with young emerging producers, tracing the significance of this simultaneously ancient and contemporary medium.
In a rapidly digitalising (art)world with the means to print perfect 3D sculptures, generate slick flawless imagery on photoshop and immaterial artworks making their way into galleries, it is curious to witness the return of paper as an important medium for artists.
Gallery artists:
Maliheh Afnan, Stéphane Couturier, Robert Fry, Hubertus Hamm, Franziska Klotz, Tamara Kvesitadze, Alexander Polzin, Susanne Roewer, Hubert Scheibl, Leonardo Silaghi, Sonny Sanjay Vadgama
Guest artists:
Paul D’Agostino, Ksenia Baranova, Hilary Baldwin, Ben Hilario-Caguiat,
Khatia Esartia, Shannon Finnegan, Gorzo, Christopher Moss, Sophy Naess, Joanna Stokes, Jannis Varelas
In a rapidly digitalising (art) world—with the ability to print perfect 3D sculptures, generate slick, flawless imagery in Photoshop, and immaterial artworks entering galleries—it is curious to witness the return of paper as an important artistic medium.
Despite the fact that newspapers, books and even the financial sector are increasingly moving away from paper, the art world is experiencing a significant resurgence of this historical and faithful material. Partly as a deliberate stance against digitalisation, many artists articulate a renewed desire for tactility and making in their practice.
For this latest exhibition, we invited our entire roster of artists to create and exhibit new works on paper. For most of them, paper has always been part of their practice—whether for sketching, drafting or folding. While Sonny Sanjay Vadgama’s analog re-photographed prints consciously resemble digitally manipulated images, revealing how deeply digital effects shape our perception of materials, Maliheh Afnan artificially ages paper to evoke the notion of a historical artefact. Hubertus Hamm blurs the boundary between photography and collage in his winter landscapes, and Robert Fry has long been producing witty etchings that reinvent a traditional print form to address contemporary concerns.
In addition to the rare opportunity to present works by all gallery artists under one roof, the second gallery space hosts a curated selection of A4-sized works on archival drawing paper by young American artists. These works were commissioned by collectors Susan and Michael Hort. Based in New York City, the internationally renowned Hort Contemporary Art Collection comprises over 3,000 artworks, with a strong emphasis on painting and works on paper.
The exhibition Paper Plains presents a wide spectrum of techniques for working on paper, including etchings, prints, photographs, drawings and paintings. It brings together established artists and emerging practitioners, tracing the significance of this medium—at once ancient and contemporary.
