Origami as Fine Art: For centuries, the art of paper folding remained within the scope of craft practices. But in the last fifty years or so, a renewed interest in understanding the behavior of folding matter, both artistically and scientifically , has given impetus to a new generation of artists whose works deserve to rank at the level of the fine arts. Origami has a characteristic that sets it apart from other arts: while painting requires the addition of matter, and sculpture involves subtraction, origami does not add or subtract: it transforms. The substrate on which the artist exercise the folding function can be paper or any other folding material (metal, acetate, etc.). Also called "new origami  " to distinguish it from old craft practices, it had a rapid evolution in the last half century thanks to the contribution of computational mathematics and the development of techniques such as box-pleating, tessellations and wet-folding. Artists like Robert J. Lang, Erik Demaine, Sipho Mabona, Giang Dinh, Paul Jackson  and others, are frequently cited to exemplify the way in which origami continues to push the limits of an artincreasingly committed to its time . The computational facet and the interchanges through social networks, where new techniques and designs flow and are nurtured, have made origami a paradigmatic art of the 21st century.
Starting in the late 20th century, there has been a renewed interest in understanding the behavior of folding matter, both artistically and scientifically . The "new origami , " which distinguishes it from old craft practices, has had a rapid evolution due to the contribution of computational mathematics and the development of techniques such as box-pleating, tessellations and wet-folding. Artists like Robert J. Lang, Erik Demaine, Sipho Mabona, Giang Dinh, Paul Jackson , and others, are frequently cited for advancing new applications of the art . The computational facet and the interchanges through social networks, where new techniques and designs are introduced, have raised the profile of origami in the 21st century.
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