Third Dimension

Bulletin 64 – IAPMA

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International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists from 52 different countries

INK has been a member of the International Association of Paper Makers and Paper Artists (IAPMA) for a year now. She is delighted to have been featured in their Bulletin 64 on the subject of resonance. Her work OUT!, which has already been awarded an international art prize and could be seen at the world’s largest biennial for art with paper in Italy in 2022, seems more relevant than ever.

The bulletin can be purchased here: IAPMA or ISBN 978-9934-9141-3-3

OUT! Setting out into the unknown, leaving well-trodden paths, breaking new ground, taking the heart in one’s hands, unimpressed by all norms, boldly moving forward.
OUT! Into nature, soak up the sun, smell the earth, feel the wind, enjoy paradise with all your senses, far away from Facebook and co.
OUT! Into freedom, seize opportunities, seek and find the future.
OUT! Have an opinion, raise your voice, find solutions, improve the world a little bit.
OUT! A dream? a hope? a piece of reality? – We have it in our own hands!

Quotation from the eulogy given by Prof. Dr. Pia Müller-Tamm, Head of Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, on the occasion of the presentation of the award:

“Once again, the jury was impressed by the mastery of INK … She is an excellent drawer who captures photorealistic effects with meticulousness on paper. However, her work under the title OUT! … plays with two levels of reality. The detailed representation in the drawing is again increased by the second image plane of torn paper in its illusionistic effect. The depicted young man seems to be pushing out of the picture towards the viewer.

Those familiar with art history might think of the early self-portraits of Gustave Courbet: the frontal gaze, the tangled hair, the wriggling hands.
But while in the work of Courbet resonates a moment of despair that evokes the closeness of genius and madness, here the artist gives us the personification of unleashed power and exuberant vitality. I understand her image as a plea for self-empowerment, for optimism about the future …”