Kudos presents metamorphosis, an exhibition that hopes to explore the materiality of paper and paper-based art, retelling the long history of inventive paper technology through a variety of approaches. From the mark-making on paper to the making of paper itself, the range of artists showcased create unique paper-based artworks to celebrate and elevate the legacy of paper and its crucial role in storytelling.

Paper transcends cultural, racial, and religious boundaries, standing as a silent witness to the evolution of human history and thought. Its physicality—its texture, weight, and fragility—imbues it with a unique capacity to record the passage of time. There’s often a disconnect between the art of the paper and what’s viewed as the artwork itself.

Much like the Kafkaesque disconnect between the body and the mind, paper restricts the mind within its borders, extracting from the mind marks to be recorded, kept. But its role extends beyond mere documentation; it serves as a testament to change—the change of people and the art they make, but also the change of paper itself, for paper is ephemeral. It records the past, exists in the present and disintegrates into the future. How can paper, then, become the narrative it archives?

Curated by Lige Qiao and Ada Eni Xu featuring paper-based artworks by Ada Eni Xu, Aurelia King, Charlotte Foster and Lige Qiao.

38 Lander St, Darlington NSW 2008

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION: Entry into the gallery is via a ramp. Within the gallery there are 4 steps down to enter the main exhibition space.

Exhibition open everyday 10AM - 5PM 13/06/25 - 18/06/25.

Join us for opening night from 6 - 8PM on Thursday 12 June 2025. Register your attendance here.