LINCROFT — The traveling exhibition, “Pulped Under Pressure/The Art of Handmade Paper,” is currently on display through May 7 at Monmouth Museum on the campus of Brookdale Community College, 765 Newman Springs Road.
Co-curated by Reni Gower and Melissa Potter, the exhibition will be on display in the Main Gallery of the Monmouth Museum. With traditional hand papermaking at its core, “Pulped Under Pressure” underscores important contemporary issues steeped in history and craft through the artwork of seven artists.
The artists include Jillian Bruschera, Julia Goodman, Reni Gower, Trisha Oralie Martin, Melissa Potter, Marilyn Propp and Maggie Puckett. Their multifaceted results incorporate a rich range of printmaking, letterpress, papercutting and installation with a diversity of recycled disposable materials (junk mail, egg cartons, old cotton T-shirts, ripped denim jeans) as well as old bedsheets, beetroot, heirloom plants and illuminated EL wires.
In very unique ways, these artists consider paper beyond its most common function as a passive surface of record or craft. Instead, the material is transformed and imbedded with content that turns communication into a public practice.
Admission to the museum and exhibition is free for members and $8 for nonmembers. For more information, visit monmouthmuseum.org or call 732-747-2266.