Email not displaying correctly? Paper Variables 2012 Subscription Series New work in paper by Rico Gatson, Michael St. John, and Allyson Strafella Exhibition extended! Now on view through Friday, August 10th Rico Gatson, Hyphens in the Road (installation view), 2012, acrylic paint on pigmented cotton and linen. 11 x 14 inches and 14 x 11 inches (variable). Variable edition of 25. Dieu Donné is pleased to present the 2012 Paper Variables exhibition, featuring new variable editions in handmade paper by Rico Gatson, Michael St. John, and Allyson Strafella. The exhibiton will be on view through Friday, August 10, 2012; works in each edition are available for $500. About the Editions Hyphens in the Road by Rico Gatson is an edition of acrylic paint on pigmented cotton and linen in five variations. The imagery of the highway, a symbol used in popular culture to represent the uncertain possibilities of the future, conveys a journey that the artist states is "personal and universal, physical and spiritual." Gatson draws his title from the book The Warmth of Other Suns about the Great Migration, referencing a cross-country journey that was not untypical for many during that period. Continuing his exploration of the power of everyday objects, Michael St. John’s Baghead — a paper bag rendered in pigmented cotton and personalized with hand-cut eyes and an individual button — inspires a multitude of personal and collective associations in the viewer. In his edition we may see a handmade toy or a sinister mask; we may recall the lighthearted nostalgia of a school sack lunch or notice a reference to the hooded figures prevalent in Philip Guston paintings, which evoke a similar breadth of possible readings: malevolent, cartoonish, a disguise. Allyson Strafella has been working with a typewriter, making drawings for 20 years. She has developed a drawing language that is "written" by type, and a written language drawn as mark and form. Her variable edition Spell, created at the Dieu Donné studios, recreates forms from her typed drawings in pigmented cotton and adheres them to abaca base sheets during the ‘wet process’, allowing the form to become both object and mark on the page. The resultant works juxtapose the strength of the mark against the ethereal qualities of the pigmented base sheet. These artists worked on or with handmade paper for the Dieu Donné Paper Variables program, an annual subscription series that offers a way for individuals to collect works in handmade paper while also supporting the exhibitions and residency programs at Dieu Donné. Michael St. John, Baghead (installation view), 2012, pigmented cotton, archival glue, rubber stamp, button. 13 ¾ x 8 ½ x 6 inches. Variable edition of 25. To learn more about all of our subscription programs to visit the subscriptions page of our website, or contact David Mendoza at 212-226-0573, ext. 210 or dmendoza@dieudonne.org New variable editions in handmade paper will be on view in the Dieu Donné gallery through August 10th by the 2012 Paper Variables artists: Rico Gatson, Michael St. John, and Allyson Strafella. Allyson Strafella, Spell, 2012, pigmented cotton and pigmented abaca. 10 ½ x 8 ½ inches and 8 ½ x 10 ½ inches (variable). Variable edition of 25. Dieu Donné is on Facebook. Dieu Donné 315 West 36th Street, New York, NY 10018 | www.dieudonne.org | (212) 226-0573 You are receiving this e-mail because you have signed up for our newsletter. . Forward this email to a friend.