Untitled 5
Upon shutdown, all access to conventional printmaking facilities was severed. I had to find a new method of making prints and turned to linocut. This involved some adaptation of tools and thought process, but also the challenge of how to manage the process in a precise manner.
The medium of printmaking in general allows for a dialogue between the referential image, the remembered image, and works we know as printed images. I began working with base images of printed material as a reference to history—my own and that of the broader world as the polarized politics of our day also unfolded. This led most notably to a reflection upon the memories of my childhood superimposed on the redline boundaries that (de)formed my neighborhood. Ultimately these works are simply a commentary upon our world—finding the joyful moment in the mess that is our culture and history.
