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From the exhibtion Jane Hammond, Digital and Analog, February 1 - May 29, 2022
A woman dressed in a yellow kimono dominates a cramped interior in this small-scale work. A figure resembling a baby bursts beyond the boundaries of the work, stretching a purple flower out into the white border. Like the French Impressionists during the late 19th century, Hammond has appropriated imagery from ukiyo-e, an important genre of Japanese woodblock prints and paintings from the 17th to the 19th centuries. Ukiyo-e, translated as “pictures of the floating world,” influenced many Western artists after the 1854 opening of Japan to the West.
A noted printmaker adept in many techniques, including woodblock prints, Hammond pays homage to such colorful Japanese prints, especially those that depict elaborately dressed women. As an artist who appreciates the specific textures rendered through woodblock printmaking, Hammond cheekily incorporates depictions of wood grain through this collaged print.
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