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Barbed Wire Series II
Barbed Wire Series
Artist: Kakyoung Lee (June 22, 1975 – ) PrimaryArtist: Alex Kirillov (1982 – 2021) Printer
Artist: Brandywine Workshop and Archive Publisher
Date:
2018
21st century
Dimensions:
23 3/8 in. (593.73 mm)
Dimensions Extent:
sheet
Object Type:
Print
Creation Place:
North America, United States
Medium and Support:
Offset lithograph on paper
Edition Size:
60
Credit Line:
Partial gift of the Brandywine Workshop and Archives and Museum Purchase, 2022.
Accession Number:
2022.17.23
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"The Barbed Wire Series is a series of prints and a multi-channel moving image installation. The prints Barbed Wire Series I and II are based on the shapes of the barbed wire at the U.S. army base in my hometown.
The memory of walking along the barbed wire fence in my old hometown and playing cat’s cradle with my sister against the wall connects to the political tension on military borders.
Despite the growing threats between the United States and North Korea, the repetitive shapes of the tangled and distorted barbed wire are aesthetically beautiful as abstract line drawings. I hope there is a way to peacefully loosen the tangled tension as if it were like children playing cat’s cradle. "
— From Brandywine Workshop and Archives record
To learn more about this work, see it on Artura.org , an open educational resource from the Brandywine Workshop and Archives.
The memory of walking along the barbed wire fence in my old hometown and playing cat’s cradle with my sister against the wall connects to the political tension on military borders.
Despite the growing threats between the United States and North Korea, the repetitive shapes of the tangled and distorted barbed wire are aesthetically beautiful as abstract line drawings. I hope there is a way to peacefully loosen the tangled tension as if it were like children playing cat’s cradle. "
— From Brandywine Workshop and Archives record
To learn more about this work, see it on Artura.org , an open educational resource from the Brandywine Workshop and Archives.
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Pictorial works produced by transferring images by means of a matrix such as a plate, block, or screen, using any of various printing processes. When emphasizing the individual printed image, use "impressions." Avoid the controversial expression "original prints," except in reference to discussions of the expression's use. If prints are neither "reproductive prints" nor "popular prints," use the simple term "prints." With regard to photographs, prefer "photographic prints"; for types of reproductions of technical drawings and documents, see terms found under "reprographic copies."
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