Paper Chain

Katie Baldwin, artist

born 1969

Paper Chain, 2014

Portfolio/Series title: wood + paper + box portfolio

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: color woodcut; string

Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): variable
Object Diameter (Diameter): circles 38 mm
Object Diameter (Diameter): 1 1/2 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: R. Charles and Mary Margaret Clevenger Art Acquisition Fund

Accession number: 2016.0022.13

Not on display

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Made with the traditional Japanese woodblock print techniquemokuhanga, each of the paper circles on the chain shows a blown-up view of a seemingly random detail. Although the sources of the details are unclear, some of them seem to come from Baldwin’s earlier works. Her reinterpretation separates the prints from their original contexts and provokes new thoughts on the materiality of prints. This work is one of three that Baldwin contributed to the wood + paper + boxportfolio.