Slash: Paper Under the Knife takes the pulse of the international art world’s renewed interest in paper as a creative medium and source of artistic inspiration, examining the remarkably diverse use of paper in a range of art forms. Slash is the third exhibition in MAD’s (Museum of Design and Art) Materials and Process series, which examines the renaissance of traditional handcraft materials and techniques in contemporary art and design. The exhibition surveys unusual paper treatments, including works that are burned, torn, cut by lasers, and shredded. A section of the exhibition focuses on artists who modify books to transform them into sculpture, while another highlight’s the use of cut paper for film and video animations.

Slash presents a range of subjects that artists across the world are exploring through cut paper, such as landscape, the human body, architecture, politics, and language. The processes and techniques used in these investigations include burning, tearing, perforating, and shredding paper as well as cutting with knives, scissors, and lasers. Some artists work slowly, cutting intricate designs with painstaking patience, while others slash and crumple with performative energy. Amongst the eight thematic groupings of the show are “Cutting as Topography: Exploring Landscape,” which explores landscape real and imagined; and “Structure and Space: Slicing Architecture,” which takes the role of paper beyond the simple model or maquette, and explores new possibilities in the interrelationship between flat paper, three-dimensional space, and the built environment.
Below are links to some of the artists who impressed me

http://www.miapearlman.com/

http://adamfowler.com/default.aspx

http://www.andreaskocks.com/works.html

http://www.norikoambe.com/

http://www.robcarter.net/ (you have got to watch some of his video clips – Amazing)

http://www.saraben-studio.com/

http://www.velliquette.com/Site/HM.html