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​Paper begins as pulp, a wet mixture that waits to be pressed and dried. From that starting point comes the possibility of language, image, and invention. Fresh Pulp: Art on Paper follows this story, celebrating artists who see the material not as a backdrop but as a collaborator and transform it into something lasting.

 

The exhibition extends Van Der Plas Gallery’s presence at the Art on Paper fair and gathers Jason McLean, Devon Marinac, Anne Marie Grgich, Konstantin Bokov, Kevin Wendall (FA-Q), Ed Higgins III, Sonni, Doug Groupp, Susan Day, Justin Duerr, Christine Randolph, Alejandro Caiazza, Tomas Del Balso, and Noah Becker. Their approaches differ wildly–comic, lyrical, collaged, painted, scrawled. Still, each artist trusts paper to carry the weight of their expression.

 

For Van Der Plas Gallery, Fresh Pulp signals a widening horizon and an opportunity to bring many voices together at once, showing the breadth of artists the gallery represents. It embraces this moment as a chance for its artists to stand side by side, their works finding new audiences together. By placing these artists into a wider conversation, most vividly in the setting of an art fair, Van Der Plas underscores a simple truth: that outsider voices, street practitioners, and underrepresented makers hold a vital place in shaping the future of contemporary art.

 

Like pulp pressed into sheets, these works remind us of something elemental. Paper is fragile yet enduring, plain yet capable of holding our most unruly marks. In its fibers, we find the same persistence that drives artists to make, to share, and to be seen.

 

Fresh Pulp: Art on Paper will be on view at Van Der Plas Gallery from September 4 through October 5, 2025. The public is invited to the opening reception on Thursday, September 11, from 6 – 8 pm at 156 Orchard Street, New York, NY 10002.