Works in Paper Collage by Caroline Attan

CAROLINE ATTAN Works in Paper Collage

Railings Gallery

5 New Cavendish Street London W1G 98UT

Open: 10am-6pm Monday-Saturday & 11am-5pm Sunday T: 020 7935 1114 E: info@railings-gallery.com

Caroline Attan Caroline Attan’s works are characterised by generic circular grids that underpin folded paper forms, creating geometric and rotating compositions.

The titles are suggestive of a very personal response to the content of the poems that inspire her and particular moments in time. Her circular compositions are infinite, with no apparent beginning or end.

For the text based works, the poetry is hand-written within a grid, allowing some words to be read whilst others are hidden by the three dimensional pattern created by the folded paper forms. The narrative is fragmented as she inscribes extracts from Latin American poetry in Spanish and English, within the circular grid beneath the folded forms.

The poetry of Pablo Neruda is a particular influence on Attan’s work. Neruda’s explorations of conflicting emotions of desire, humour, anger, frustration and affection are translated into intricate combinations of text and delicately folded coloured paper. The infinite combinations of pattern and colour created by folded paper forms become Attan’s personal language through which she seeks to interpret the sentiments and ideas conveyed in the written narratives that inspire her. Folded coloured forms are in opposition and defiance of written language, as colour is an intrinsic abstraction. Some pictures vibrate with urgency; others harmonise and clash – suggestions of the Peruvian culture that inspires her.

Background and foreground, light and dark, large and small, the revealed and the concealed are all oppositional elements that come together in Attan’s work to form calming and mesmerising compositions. Intricately constructed pictures are created through a certain personal rigour, connection and discipline using very specific methods.

Other pictures use printed folded paper from magazines and reference the commercial world, whilst maintaining fluidity through circular movements.

Attan’s Noche series comprises monochrome works, created using dark coloured card using regular folded components. Texture, movement and the suggestion of colour in darkness reference Malevich's black square, developing through darkness into brilliant colour.

For more information about Caroline Attan: www.carolineattan.com Railings Gallery 5 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 8UT

Tel: 0207 935 1114

Caroline Attan Todo eso es mio Paper Collage, with hand-written poetry on card 150 x 150 cms ÂŁ6,500

Caroline Attan La Nocha en la Isla Paper Collage, with hand-written poetry on card 84 x 84 cms ÂŁ1,995

Caroline Attan Un Trapecio de Tiza Paper Collage, with hand-written poetry on card 112 x 112 cms ÂŁ3,500

Caroline Attan Mis Profundos Anhelos Paper Collage, with hand-written poetry on card 112 x 112 cms ÂŁ3,500

Caroline Attan En la Luz Paper Collage, with hand-written poetry on card 112 x 112 cms ÂŁ3,500

Caroline Attan El Insecto Paper Collage, with hand-written poetry on card 84 x 84 cms ÂŁ1,995

Caroline Attan Orquestral y Divino Paper Collage, with hand-written poetry on card 84 x 84 cms ÂŁ1,995

Caroline Attan Terrestre Amor Paper Collage, with hand-written poetry on card 64 x 64 cms ÂŁ1,195

Caroline Attan Dia Bianco Paper Collage, with hand-written poetry on card 84 x 84 cms ÂŁ1,995

Caroline Attan

Noche Series Set of SIX monochrome works

Paper Collage, with hand-written poetry on card Each work 61 x 61 cms

ÂŁ1,350

Price for the Set of SIX collages: ÂŁ7,000

Caroline Attan Noche de la Ciudad Paper Collage, with hand-written poetry on card 61 x 61 cms ÂŁ1,350

Caroline Attan Noche Violeta Paper Collage, with hand-written poetry on card 61 x 61 cms ÂŁ1,350

Caroline Attan Noche Clarete Paper Collage, with hand-written poetry on card 61 x 61 cms ÂŁ1,350

Caroline Attan Noche Azul Paper Collage, with hand-written poetry on card 61 x 61 cms ÂŁ1,350

Caroline Attan Noche Paper Collage, with hand-written poetry on card 61 x 61 cms ÂŁ1,350

Caroline Attan Noche Crepusculo Paper Collage, with hand-written poetry on card 61 x 61 cms ÂŁ1,350

Caroline Attan Todo eso es mio (DETAIL) Paper Collage, with hand-written poetry on card 150 x 150 cms £6,500

CAROLINE ATTAN Works in Paper Collage

Railings Gallery

5 New Cavendish Street London W1G 98UT

Open: 10am-6pm Monday-Saturday & 11am-5pm Sunday T: 020 7935 1114 E: info@railings-gallery.com