Concrete Playground

Paper is the unsung hero of the last two thousand years and it will continue to prevail despite claims of its obsolescence. Looking beyond the scribbles and characters printed on it, there is a tactile dimension to paper that is almost impossible to trump. Remember your joy when you first discovered gsm, satin gloss and embossed surfaces — all properties of paper Steve Jobs is yet to replicate.

The Paper Mill is a shrine to the sheaf, in prime position at Sydney's heart, and from this Wednesday it hosts its second exhibition, lies/lions/lines. For the past two weeks, a brains trust of artists has taken residence at Angel Place in an effort to explore paper's many creative merits. For some this is a direct relationship with paper itself, bending and cutting the flat muse into sculptural dimensions. Others have wedded ink and sheet to show that doing it the traditional way still flings the spice.

lies/lions/lines will be exhibiting Bababa International, Lionel Bawden, Bonita Bub, Biljana Jancic, Adrian McDonald, Andrew Moran, Ivan Muniz Reed & Benjamin Warren, Tom Polo and Teo Treloar. If those names mean nothing to you, pencil in Saturday, October 23rd for a hot bout of artists talks at 4pm.

Image by Garry Trinh