In collaboration with LA-based Durden & Ray and as part of the Manifest festival, PAPER presents The Surface of Things, an exhibition exploring contemporary Abstract painting at University of Salford’s New Adelphi Gallery.
The Artists
Lisa Denyer

Lisa Denyer
Cloud Cover
acrylic, emulsion and collage on panel 
24x18cm, 
2017

Lisa Denyer
Cymbal
acrylic, emulsion and collage on panel 
24x18cm
2017 

Lisa Denyer
X
acrylic, emulsion and collage on panel 
24x18cm
2017

Lisa Denyer
Placeholder
acrylic, emulsion and collage on panel 
30x30cm, 
2016

Lisa Denyer
Arcade
acrylic, emulsion and collage on found plywood 
28x20cm, 
2016

Frances Disley

Frances Disley
C-Type Print
2017

Frances Disley
C-Type Print
2017

EC

EC
Triptransition

Oil, acrylic, varnish & collage on wood, 19 x 12 cm
2017

EC
Seguito,

Oil, oil-based household paint, acrylic and carbon paper on canvas,
5 x 5 cm
2015

EC
Untitled 

Oil, acrylic, spray paint, card, paper, household gloss and canvas on jute,
26 x 20cm
2015

EC
Wunderblock II

Oil, acrylic and  household gloss on canvas and card, collage and paper mounted on canvas on  board,
20 x 20 cm
2017

Roni Feldman

Roni Feldman
Northwest Passage #2

acrylic on Bristol board
40 x 30cm
2017

Roni Feldman
Northwest Passage #1

acrylic on Bristol board
40 x 30cm
2013

Roni Feldman
Sky's the Limit

acrylic on Bristol board
40 x 30cm
2015

Roni Feldman
At the Edge of the Earth

acrylic on Bristol board
40 x 30cm
2015

Brendan Fletcher

Brendan Fletcher
Fitzroy Painting

Acrylic on Somerset Paper
56 x 76cm
2017

Brendan Fletcher
A Thing Worth Knowing

Acrylic on Somerset Paper
56 x 76cm
2017

Brendan Fletcher
Something or Nothing

Acrylic on Somerset Paper
56 x 76cm
2017

Jenny Hagar
Jenny Hager
Jove

spray paint, graphite, marker on paper
37 x 29 cm
2017
Jenny Hager
For Another Day

spray paint, graphite, marker on paper
37 x 29 cm
2017
Jenny Hager
Aztec

spray paint, graphite, marker on paper
37 x 29 cm
2017
Sharon Hall
Sharon Hall
Four Colours with Pencil #2

Acrylic on Watercolour Paper
28 x 42cm
2017
Sharon Hall
Five Colours with Pencil #2

Acrylic on Watercolour Paper
28 x 42cm
2017
Sharon Hall
Folded #3
(front view)
Sharon Hall
Folded #3 
(back view)
Watercolour on Paper
23 x 45cm
2017

Sharon Hall
Folded #1

Watercolour on Paper
23 x 45cm
2017
Sharon Hall
Folded #2

Watercolour on Paper
23 x 45cm
2017

Sharon Hall
Book #1 
(front view)

Sharon Hall
Book #1 
(Back view)
Leporello on acid free 300gm watercolour paper
24 x 128cm
2016
Sharon Hall
Book #2 
(front view)

Sharon Hall
Book #2 
(Back view)
Leporello on acid free 300gm watercolour paper
24 x 128cm
2016

Sharon Hall
4 Part Study (White Yellow Black)

Gouache & acrylic on Khadi Paper
30 x 42cm
2015

Sharon Hall
4 Part Study (Pink Red Black)

Gouache & acrylic on Khadi Paper
30 x 42cm
2015

Vincent Hawkins

Vincent Hawkins
Untitled (B)

Gouache on Gessoed Card
42 x 30cm
2016

Vincent Hawkins
Untitled (A)

Gouache & Acrylic on Paper
42 x 30cm
2017

David Leapman

David Leapman
6.27.17
Gold Ink, Watercolour on Black Paper
19 x 28cm
2017

David Leapman
6.29.17

Gold Ink, Watercolour on Black Paper
19 x 28cm
2017

David Leapman
6.25.17

Gold Ink, Watercolour on Black Paper
19 x 28cm
2017

David Leapman
6.26.17

Gold Ink, Watercolour on Black Paper
19 x 28cm
2017

David Leapman
9.1.16

Gold Ink, Watercolour on Black Paper
19 x 28cm
2017
David Leapman
1.2.17

Gold Ink, Watercolour on Black Paper
19 x 28cm
2017
David Leapman
1.20.17

Gold Ink, Watercolour on Cream Paper
19 x 28cm
2017
David Leapman
7.22.16

Silver Ink, Watercolour on Cream Paper
19 x 28cm
2017
Mali Morris

Mali Morris
Line Dance/ Orange and Lilac
Acrylic on paper 
21 x 30cm (framed approx 39 x 48cm)  
2017

Mali Morris 
See How

Acrylic on paper
20 x 24 cm (in frame 40 x 44 cm)
2017

Mali Morris
Line Dance/ Primrose

Acrylic on Paper
82 x 98 cm Framed (paper measurement 60 x 76 cm)
2016

Mali Morris 
Dark Mesh Wilbury

Acrylic on paper
19 x 29 cm (in frame 40 x 50 cm)
2017

Max Presneill
Max Presneill
RDD004

Spraypaint, marker pen, acrylic
5 x 5 inch drawing on 9 x 9 inch paper
2017
Max Presneill
RDD012

Spraypaint, marker pen, acrylic
5 x 5 inch drawing on 9 x 9 inch paper
2017
Max Presneill
RDD017

Spraypaint, marker pen, acrylic
5 x 5 inch drawing on 9 x 9 inch paper
2017
Installation Views @ PAPER
Installation Views @ New Adelphi Gallery, University of Salford
About Durden & Ray

Founded in 2009, Durden and Ray is comprised of 24 artist/curators who work together to create exhibition opportunities at their downtown Los Angeles gallery as well as in concert with artist groups and gallery spaces around the world. Durden and Ray concentrates on small, tightly curated group shows at the gallery, organized by the members, and hosts international artists as part of a commitment to global exchange and alternative networks. The Durden and Ray model expressly overlaps multiple strategies, including the commercial potential and visual identity of a gallery, the democratic structure of an artist group, the potential to create collaborative works of art in the manner of a collective, and the shared fiscal support of its programmes by group members and project partners similar to a non-profit organization. Durden and Ray is committed both to individual praxis and to shared aims of curatorial experimentation, visual research, and artistic exchange with international partners.