March 6, 2020
How do you like your art? If your answer is ‘on paper’ (or ‘made out of paper’) Art on Paper is just the show for you. Why spend an entire day (and a yard on lunch for two) traipsing around SoHo or Madison Ave galleries when you can pop down to Manhattan’s Pier 36 this weekend and visit nearly a hundred of them all in one place? In whatever direction your tastes lead, you’ll find visual puns, delights, and surprises around every corner at this show. What they share is the medium: paper. Plus, at some of these pop up galleries you’ll also find the artist who created the very works you’re looking at!
“Art on Paper
returns to downtown Manhattan’s Pier 36 this March 5
— 8, with ninety-five galleries featuring top modern
and contemporary paper-based art. Art on Paper’s
medium-driven focus lends itself to significant projects
– unique moments that have set the fair apart and
established it as an important destination for the arts
in New York City. Art on Paper demonstrates the
diversity of its medium with signifiant projects
exploring, expanding, and re-imaging what a work on
paper can be.”
“My name is Joanathan Bessaci Ribaillier. I am a local Washington D.C. artist of French origin. I emigrated to the District from France, where I was born and grew up.
“I currently work with antique maps (from roughly 1920 to 1970) which I use because I like their color and texture but also because for me, they symbolize the roads people travel and their journeys and struggles for a better life.”
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“For thousands of years humans have evolved culturally but physically we haven’t changed in significant ways. Our identities, therefore, have conflicting impulses: we desire both a civilized, culturally advanced life and an intuitive and fearless life. The fusion of human and animal I create suggests our human condition is fully realized when we acknowledge our current state and our natural instincts. I emphasize the characteristics that differentiate us within the animal kingdom, and importantly, the ones that unite us.” ~Kate Clark
Archival ink on fabric paper, deer hide, pins, paper. 30×40 inches
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Paulie, 2019. Silkscreen on mylar; handmade paper by Dieu Donné
“Caledonia Curry, whose work appears under the name Swoon, is a Brooklyn-based artist and is widely known as the first woman to gain large-scale recognition in the male-dominated world of street art. Callie took to the streets of New York while attending the Pratt Institute of Art in 1999, pasting her paper portraits to the sides of buildings with the goal of making art and the public space of the city more accessible.
“In a moment when contemporary art often holds a conflicted relationship to beauty, Callie’s work carries with it an earnestness, treating the beautiful as sublime even as she explores the darker sides of her subjects. Her work has become known for marrying the whimsical to the grounded, often weaving in slivers of fairy-tales, scraps of myth, and a recurring motif of the sacred feminine. Tendrils of her own family history—and a legacy of her parents’ struggles with addiction and substance abuse—recur throughout her work.”
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“Dieu Donné was founded in 1976 by Susan Gosin and Bruce Wineberg to explore the untapped potential of hand papermaking as an art medium. We introduce artists from a wide variety of practices to the creative possibilities in hand papermaking, fostering experimentation and creating innovative works of art. Our work is realized through extensive collaborations with artists. We strive to teach a new visual language, providing a transformative experience that often leads to artistic breakthroughs. We share this work with the community through our gallery, public and educational programs.”
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Karl Heine, Solutionist: Art on Paper is a “well thought out, curated, eclectic sampling of work that goes beyond paper.”
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Thyvya, 2020
“Clio Newton‘s approach to her compositions comes from the standpoint of the ‘female gaze’ reflecting her interest in contemporary models of femininity and the representation of women in art and culture. Newton’s renderings in compressed charcoal feature larger-than-life, figurative subjects – often solo sitters – who fill the picture plane and beyond.”
GG, 2020
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Borodino, 2019. Xenia Hausner
“My pictures tell stories that elude a straightforward reading.”
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“I am fascinated by animals, especially those who are not always considered beautiful.”
Lisa Törner lives and works in Stockholm and she practically grew up in an artist’s studio. It is her father, the potter and illustrator Bernt Törner who inspired and encouraged her to paint already as a child.
Lisa has developed her own mix technique consisting of black ink and paint. She sketches directly on newspaper and with the help of her unique technique they develop into artwork.
”I select topics from different newspapers and create unique artworks that are linked to the topic” says Lisa Törner. She also paints larger oil and acrylic paintings.
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(L) Politics, Peter Saul 1985 (R) Driving the World to Destruction, Judy Chicago 1985
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Surviving Active Shooting Custer, 2018, Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds
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2020 EXHIBITORS
3walls Brooklyn
AbsolutArt.com Stockholm | New York
AC Contemporary Art Buenos Aires
Addison Rowe Gallery Santa Fe
Alida Anderson Art Projects Washington, D.C.
Alpha 137 Gallery New York
ALZUETA GALLERY Barcelona
AroundSpace Gallery Shanghai
Art Bond New York
Art Mora New Jersey | Seoul | Phnom Penh
Aspinwall Editions New York
Axiom Contemporary Santa Monica
Beaux-arts des Amériques Montréal
BERTRAND PRODUCTIONS Philadelphia
BigTown Gallery Rochester, VT
Black Diamond Gallery Brooklyn
C.G. Boerner New York | Dusseldorf
Central Booking Brooklyn
Center Street Studio Milton Village, MA
Childs Gallery Boston
Danese/Corey New York
David Lusk Gallery Memphis | Nashville
Dieu Donné Brooklyn
Dolan/Maxwell Philadelphia
Donghwa Odé Gallery Engelwood Cliffs, NJ
Eckert Fine Art Kent, CT
Electric Works San Francisco
Ellen Miller Gallery Boston
Ellipsis Art New York
Emmanuelle G. Contemporary Art Greenwich
F.L. Braswell Fine Art Chicago
Forum Gallery New York
frosch&portmann New York
Galerie PICI New York | Seoul
galleryFRITZ Santa Fe
Gallery G-77 Kyoto
Gallery Jones Vancouver
Garvey | Simon New York
Gary Lichtenstein Editions Jersey City
Gold/scopophilia* Montclair, NJ
Hathaway Gallery Atlanta
Heather Gaudio Fine Art New Canaan, CT
The Heliotrope Foundation Brooklyn
hpgrp gallery New York | Tokyo
Janknegt Gallery Laren, Netherlands
Jerald Melberg Gallery Charlotte, NC
JVS Project Space New York
K. Imperial Fine Art San Francisco
Katharina Rich Perlow Fine Arts New York
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts New York
LewAllen Galleries Santa Fe
LewAllen Galleries: Forrest Moses Santa Fe
Lower Eastside Girls Club New York
M Contemporary Art Ferndale
Manifold Editions London
Michele Mariaud Gallery New York
Muriel Guépin Gallery New York
Nancy Hoffman Gallery New York
Nil Gallery Paris
Opera Gallery Editions New York
Pan American Art Projects Miami
Paradigm Gallery + Studio Philadelphia
Pigment Gallery Barcelona
QingYunGe Gallery Changzhou
Rebecca Hossack Gallery London
Richard Levy Gallery Albuquerque
Richard Norton Gallery Chicago
RoFa Projects Potomac, MD
SEIZAN Gallery New York
Spanierman Modern Miami Beach
STOA Gallery Malaga, Spain
Stoney Road Press Dublin
Sugarlift New York
TAG Fine Arts London
Tamarind Institute Albuquerque
Tandem Press Madison, WI
The Tolman Collection New York
Uprise Art New York
Upsilon Gallery New York
Upstream Gallery Hastings on Hudson, NY
Vellum Projects Brooklyn
Verne Collection Cleveland, OH
Vertu Fine Art Boca Raton, FL
Vietnamese Contemporary Fine Art New York
Vincent Vallarino Fine Art New York
VIVIANEART Alberta
Walter Wickiser Gallery New York
William Shearburn Gallery St. Louis, MO
Wook + Lattuada Gallery New York
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Learn more about Art on Paper 2020 at: thepaperfair.com
Tickets are available at: thepaperfair.com/tickets
LOCATION AND HOURS
Art on Paper
Pier 36 | 299 South Street
New York, NY 10002
ART ON PAPER OPENING PREVIEW
Thursday, March 5, 2020
6:00pm — 10:00pm
PUBLIC FAIR HOURS
Friday, March 6 | 11:00am — 7:00pm
Saturday, March 7 | 11:00am — 7:00pm
Sunday, March 8 | 12:00pm — 6:00pm