Visitors can view 31 works created by about two dozen artists, both on or built from paper and paper pulp, at this exhibition website from the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). The art in the show dates from the 1960s to the early 2000s, with many of the artists featured coming to prominence in the '60s. Much of the work challenges strict definitions of art, such as the selection from Ed Ruscha's portfolio of stains. These are sheets of paper stained with everyday substances, including nail polish, wine, and castor oil. Ruscha says he did not want the work to look like art, so he hired assistants to apply the substances to the paper with eyedroppers. Also employing unusual materials are Dieter Roth's pieces; sausage and cheese pressed into paper with a printing press. A piece by John Cage, titled "Wild edible Drawing #8" includes milkweed, cattail, saffron, and hijiki seaweed.
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