Papercut of the Galapagos

by Beatrice Coron

Papercut of the Galapagos (2016) is an accordion book created with one piece of paper. Coron uses negative space to cut birds, lizards, and the vegetation of the Galapagos to create a landscape of the island. The accordion book consists of eight panels. When folded, the papercut is encased in a blue book cover.

Coron studied Art at the Ecole des Beaux Arts of Lyon in France. In 1985, she moved to New York to begin her artistic career. Her work makes use of illustration, book arts, and public art. She cuts her characteristic silhouette designs in paper and Tyvek (a synthetic weatherproof material often used in home construction). Her work was shown in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Getty, and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Her stories are about identities and transformations and how these changes are inherent to a learning process physically, spiritually, and metaphorically.