Beth Campbell - Paper Variable 2017
Edition 6 of 35
Beth Campbell
Endless Outcomes, 2017
Abaca, pigmented linen and cotton on handmade paper
18 x 14.75 inches
Dieu Donné is pleased to present the newest Paper Variables collaboration with Beth Campbell, an artist whose practice ranges from drawing to sculpture to installation. In her variable edition, Endless Outcomes, Campbell developed an “arrested mobile” using handmade paper, with embedded strings and shaped color components encapsulated between a colored base sheet and a translucent abaca paper overlay.
For Endless Outcomes, Campbell built on the idea of using a core point—her first hypothetical—and connecting a sequence of outcomes, as in her earlier drawings and sculpture. She selected color and string combinations in an embrace of the collaboration’s variable intent, and laid each string composition meticulously by hand in the wet base sheets of paper. Working together with Studio Collaborator, Amy Jacobs, shaped deckles were used to create the colored mobile components, and laid them into the wet composition. Finally, a translucent sheet of abaca paper was applied, promoting unique aspects of the papermaking process, and enabling a contrast between the portion of the work that is determined—color and string combinations—and the length of the strings, which extend below the plane, creating an effect of unknown possibility, more and more choices.
About the Artist
Beth Campbell (b. 1971) currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. The artist received her MFA from Ohio University. She has exhibited solo shows at various institutions including Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY (2012, 2017), Anne Mosseri-Marlio Galerie, Basel, CH (2014), The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH (2010), Nicole Klagburn Gallery, New York, NY (2005, 2008), and also presented a solo project at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY from 2007-2008. Her first museum survey, My Potential Future Past was on view at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in 2017.
For more information, please visit her website:
https://www.bethcampbellstudio.com/
About Paper Variables
Celebrate the possibilities! The Paper Variables series are unique collectable works in a limited edition. Each piece is handmade in our studios, and artists love the chance to experiment with different colors and additions to make each piece distinctive. For collectors, it’s an opportunity to acquire works by well known artists at an attractive price. Signed and numbered by the artist.