PAPER BASED ART

For your inspiration

Origami (since the 6th century Japan)

Hannah Hoch (1889-1978) pioneer of photocollage

How does her manipulation of these human forms alter or compromise their basic human traits? Do they seem more or less human to you?

RaoulHausmann (1886-1971)Hausmann and Hoch were Berlin Dada-ists, working from 1918, when the first dada spore left Zurich and landed in Berlin, until the end of their lives. Photo collage as a cultural phenomenon was well established – people would manipulate family & magazine images for amusement. These artists are credited with inventing it as a serious form of art and political commentary. As in the manifestos, dada is an anti-art form, so the intention is to break up the status quo.

Hausmann

The Art Critic. 1920What’s he think about art critics? Note the German banknote at his neck and rather sharp pencil below. What’s it mean?

Hausmann

Tatlin at Home, 1920This is an homage to Vladimir Tatlin, a Russian painter who worked during the Russian revolution (1917) and was in tune with Futurism, laid a good groundwork for abstract art.Tatlin’s head is an automobile steering wheel and drive shaft, conferring on him a status of semi-human, semi-machine.

Contemporary Artists

Emma Van Leest

Emma Van Leest

Born in Melbourn, 1978, works in paper and also uses them for animations and shadowplays

Su Blackwell

Down the Rabbit Hole,Constructions incorporating books and paper

Su Blackwell, b. 1975, U.K.

Pandora’s Box

Su Blackwell

Note the incorporation of lights, which you need to think about for your first projects.

Peter Callesen, b, 1967, Denmark

Peter Callesen

“Half Way Through”Works are made from a single sheet of A4 Paper

Peter Callesen

Cradle to Grave

TardoMuchablog

How can a simple gesture change the meaning of an everyday object?What’s the smallest gesture you can make to affect real meaning?

TardoMucha

How do you take something from the everyday to the strange?

What are the ground rules of this image and how do they change as you read from right to left?

TardoMucha

There are 3 different scales of size at play here. How does their juxtaposition change the meaning of the image?

TardoMucha

Notice how a simple line of ripped paper marks the edge of the horizon for the male character and the edge of the pit for the female. A simple drawing of a star confirms the sky.

Stenberg Brothers

1929, Russian Constructivist film poster

How does the composition lead your eye around the page? What helps the movement?

Where is the central focus?

Anything important missing?