Paperwork

Simon Schubert’s art puts perspective to paper

At a glance, Simon Schubert’s art appears completely ordinary, simply because paper rarely manifests itself as white, pristine, and uncrumpled. And when it does, we are probably staring, rather than looking at a blank page, in preparation to work on it.

And this is exactly why the artist’s work succeeds - he very skilfully confronts our past experiences. The amount of detail that he achieves by simply folding and creasing is almost incomprehensible. This is further compounded by the pure surprise at just how expressive a sheet of paper can be, without having ever had contact with a brush.

In a perfect world these broad sheets of paper would accommodate sketches for what would essentially be transferred onto canvas. The real world is, however a lot more interesting, for having Mr. Schubert challenge that dull standard.