The First Cut

5 Oct 2012-27 Jan 2013

Overview

This ambitious contemporary art exhibition will bring together international artists who work with paper in a revolutionary way. Bringing together established and emerging artists from Japan, China, Australia, America, Germany, France and the UK, they will transform the galleries with works ranging from large-scale installations, which literally explode from and spill out of the gallery walls, through to small-scale intricate sculptures. The artists in this show all draw on a diverse range of influences from globalisation, environmentalism, sexuality and slavery to fashion, architecture, fairytales and death metal. Artists include Rob Ryan, James Aldridge, Su Blackwell, Nicola Dale, Andreas Kocks, Elisabeth Lecourt, Andrea Mastrovito, Mia Pearlman, Georgia Russell, Justine Smith and Kara Walker.