He did woodcuts and the font we used is very similar to ones he made for Cecil Day - Lewis» books.
At the Art Students League, Judd painted and then began to
do woodcuts, which led him to explore strong lines and patterns.
Not exact matches
This is a hand - painted
woodcut I
did not long ago.
In fact, I
do nude art, such as this
woodcut nude.
Early figurative drawings and
woodcuts, some
done when the artist served in the Peace Corps, in Africa, bore witness to the acute sense of observation and refinement of means that still characterize his art, while pointing to the resonant economy of his mature works.
Confronted by the show, two questions come to mind: What
does it mean to present these items — a
woodcut by Joel Shapiro, an etching by Mary Heilmann, a «sculptural wall unit» with letterpress, lithography and collage by Jessica Stockholder and Jeremy Sigler, or a book by Susan Howe and Robert Mangold — even obliquely, as works by Miller, Lingen, and Melby?
Jacob Lewis: This is a beautiful ukiyo - e
woodcut style print we
did in 2009 called «Snow Pines `.
Dynamic abstract expressionist
woodcut print
done in neutral tones by Rikio Takahashi, 1958.
Subjects such as dancing nuns, tents, beggars and sentences like «Yes, I believe every word you say» challenge contemporary expectations, as
does the medium of the
woodcut.
Büttner, to the extent that she could be said to explore identity at all, has
done so through her work with Carmelite nuns and displays of native plant life, although the judges singled out her use of anachronistic techniques such as
woodcutting as amongst the reasons for her nomination.
She
did call single out Ethiopian artist Ephrem Solomon's painted
woodcuts as «promising».
Moore makes two
woodcuts in 1931, his only works in the medium and he doesn't explore printmaking again until 1939.
Anna Rosen, «Don't let the sun catch you cryin»», 2015, oil and found
woodcut on found tablecloth.
But our favorites are the
woodcuts he
did in 1994, after spending three weeks at a print project in Japan, and which we can now offer for sale at Vertu.
Sometimes Baechler's paintings of flowers turn into sculptures, but they don't often become
woodcuts, which is why we are so excited to have these works in our gallery.
In the Eighties, in search for a more abstract and purist style, he started making hyperrealist monochrome
woodcuts - something nobody had ever
done before - and thus completely reinvented the medium.
When making
woodcuts it is crucial to keep white space without sacrificing detail, which is not easy to
do.
One of the finest examples of her work, available at VFA, is Geisha, a 23 color Ukiyo - e
woodcut on Torino paper,
done in the ukiyo - e genre of art that was popular in Japan from the 17th through 19th centuries.