Description:
Black and white interior depiction of a model train set and village scene set up on rectangular, wooden table. Cords and the last two cars of the train dangle off the sides of the table. An industrial hood or light, and cinder block hang above the village, and illuminate snow falling from the fixture to the model scene below. The background above and below depicts a grid-like pattern of vertical and horizontal lines. One of twenty prints in the portfolio, “Traces,” inspired by the poem of the same title by Annie G. Rogers.
Label Text:
Artist's statement:
“My print was intended to invoke a fleeting feeling of warmth and nostalgia. Much like the small-scale Christmas villages only erected once a year, the feelings of youth and warmth pass on, to be lived through objects and feelings. The passing motion of a train, the dim light of a distant street lamp, snow slowly falling absorbing surrounding sounds. Much like the title of the prom my work represents a trace outline, that of which can never be fully remembered, yet traces endure through ephemeral visual reminders.”
Subjects:
Etching; Aquatint; drypoints (prints) Link to share this object record:
https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=UM+2019.1.8 |
