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The Absolute Way of Things

Artist Statement


Mendel Art Gallery - Saskatoon - Jaunuary 16 - March 22, 2015

Artist Statement

Using bees as the subject, the works explore the fragile nature of existence, the interplay between
humans and small creatures, and the communication patterns of our world. The large-scale prints
explore the relationships within the hives and how those relationships mimic and contradict those
in the human population. The cyclical nature of both bee and human populations is represented
through the sequential nature of the artwork.  The newly recognised loss of bee populations
is commented on through the artwork as well as the historical links bees have with humans.

 

Going, Going, Going, Gone...

108 x 27.5”, 270 x 70cm
Ink on Mulberry Paper, Linocut

Ordinary to Impossible

Ink on Masa Paper
78 panels, 40 x 55 cm

Ordinary to Impossible (detail of tesselating panels)

Ink on Masa Paper
78 panels, 40 x 55 cm

Installation Images Photo Credit: David G Miller

 

More installation images at

http://moniquemartinart.blogspot.com/2015/01/installation-of-absolute-way-of-things.html

     
     

 


Going

108 x 27.5”, 270 x 70cm
Ink on Mulberry Paper

 

Going

108 x 27.5”, 270 x 70cm
Ink on Mulberry Paper

 

 

Gone

108 x 27.5”, 270 x 70cm
Ink on Mulberry Paper

 

 

Equal I
Ink on Mulberry Paper 
Linocut Techinque 
33 x 24", 83 x 61 cm

Equal II
Ink on Mulberry Paper 
Linocut Techinque 
33 x 24", 83 x 61 cm

Equal III
Ink on Mulberry Paper 
Linocut Techinque 
33 x 24", 83 x 61 cm

 

Continuous
Ink on Masa Paper 
Linocut Techinque (1 block printed three times, tesselating)
69 x 43", 175 x 109cm

 



 

Coming

22.5 x 33"
Ink on Unryu Paper

 

 

Going

22.5 x 33"
Ink on Unryu Paper

 

Coming (detail)

22.5 x 33"
Ink on Unryu Paper

 

Going (detail)

22.5 x 33"
Ink on Unryu Paper



 

 



   

Born Twice

3 x 7"
Ink and Beeswax on Paper