"Pure Pulp: Contemporary Artists Working in Paper at Dieu Donné" opens at the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking on Thursday, June 9. The opening reception is from 5-7pm. The exhibit runs through Friday, August 5, 2016.

The phrase “work on paper” is a known quantity. It brings to mind paper used as a material on which to be drawn, painted, or printed. At Dieu Donné, a nonprofit organization based in New York City, the emphasis is on works in paper, meaning that paper is not a substrate but rather is the medium itself. Using little more than fiber, pigments, water, and methyl cellulose (a natural adhesive), paper provides a multitude of unexpected possibilities as an artistic material, and artists and papermakers work together in the Dieu Donné studios to explore a seemingly limitless range of outcomes.

This exhibition brings together artwork created in the Dieu Donné studio by twenty artists who have participated in the organization’s prestigious residency programs. The artworks range from intimate two-dimensional studies to large sculptural works, all made from a form of paper pulp. The artists have varied practices outside of the residency but are united through their exploration of the possibilities of this versatile medium.

Artists whose work will be included are: Firelei Báez, Ian Cooper, David Kennedy Cutler, E.V. Day, Melvin Edwards, Natalie Frank, Jane Hammond, Jim Hodges, William Kentridge, Jon Kessler, Glenn Ligon, Suzanne McClelland, Arlene Shechet, Kate Shepherd, Molly Smith, Do Ho Suh, Mary Temple, Richard Tuttle, Ursula von Rydingsvard, and B. Wurtz.

The exhibition was organized by the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College and the exhibit tour organized by Dieu Donné, New York.

Free parking is available.