Contemporary Silhouettes: The Art of Cut Paper

About Contemporary Silhouettes: The Art of Cut Paper...Opening reception will be held on Saturday, October 14 from 4:30 to 6:00pm Contemporary Silhouettes presents an abundance of extraordinarily intricate work produced in the art form of cut paper. Contemporary paper artists draw upon many global folk traditions for inspiration, including Scherenschnitte, chuang hua, and American portrait silhouettes as they re-imagine innovative new handcrafted pieces. Historic and contemporary artists in this exhibit include Elizabeth Alexander, Ernesto Caivano, Pamela Dalton, Fred Liang, Lucy Gibbons Morse, Randal Thurston, Tomas Vu Daniel, and Yuan Zuo, who explore themes of the silhouette to achieve highly intricate and inspiring effects.