Rather than treating works on paper as secondary or preparatory, Traces foregrounds the medium as complete and self-sufficient. The exhibition proposes paper as a surface uniquely capable of holding emotional charge through restraint, economy, and risk.
Traces brings together a group of contemporary artists working on paper, taking a drawing by John Minton (1917-1957) as a point of reference. Minton's work remains striking for its emotional clarity and restraint. His line is direct but never fully settled, holding the figure in a state of tension between presence and uncertainty. Paper, in this context, is not neutral. It registers each decision as it is made, whether through pressure, hesitation, or erasure, leaving little distance between thought and surface. There is limited room for correction. What remains is not simply an image, but a record of how it came into being, and of what has been withheld.
