| Maker(s): | Hammond, Jane
| | Culture: | American(1950 - )
| | Title: | Spells and Incantations
| | Date Made: | 2007
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Seven-color lithograph with silkscreen, gold leaf, and chine collé on heavyweight paper
| | Place Made: | United States; Colorado; Lyons
| | Measurements: | overall: 62 in x 19 in x 8 in; 157.48 cm x 48.26 cm x 20.32 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | signature, title, date and edition in pencil on bottom piece: Jane Hammond 2007 Spells & Incantations 25/45
| | Accession Number: | SC 2008.12
| | Credit Line: | Purchased with the Janice Carlson Oresman, class of 1955, fund
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
3-D print in shape of mummy with the artist's face used in the face mask
Label Text:
This densely layered three-dimensional representation of a mummy is one in a long series of self-portraits by Jane Hammond. The hieroglyphics that ring her torso are drawn from the artist’s 276-part lexicon of images, which she repeats in different combinations, orientations, and colors in many of her print-based works. These images are drawn from a variety of graphic sources―from antique books to Internet clip art―and their re-use in different contexts allows Hammond to play with their meaning. According to Hammond, “I was trying to figure out how to make a kind of work that was decentered and variable, wandering and unpredictable, even to me.” Here, the images literally “entomb” the artist, encasing her body within a complex pattern of symbols.
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