Thursday, January 31, 2008

Monoprints?

Willie Cole with a hot iron on wood.
Branded Irons, 2000
4 scorched plywood panels
84 x 84 in.
Courtesy Alexander and Bonin, NY

Lisa B. with a cold iron in the snow.
Spring Flower in Winter, 2008
Snow with 5 iron pressings in the backyard
3' x 3'


6 comments:

Rani said...
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Alexis said...

i didn't know that irons were so hot right now

Rani said...
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Jane said...

Interesting idea - the iron in the snow brings in a performance aspect, which adds to its one-of-a-kind-ness. Also, the fact that it was a weather-permitting action shows both the spontaneity or planned out nature of the act. but it's not a print technically, but there is a technical process involved...so I agree with rani on monolandscaping.

Tony said...

Monoprints? No... Paintings? Nope... Drawings?... Yeah. Drawings.

Anonymous said...

I think these are sculpture pieces, not monoprints. By altering a 3d material with other 3d materials and displaying final pieces as 3d objects, they're not 2d monos.