Artist: Jim Lee (American, b. 1954) Title: Receding Orchard Audio: Date: 2001 Dimensions: 14″ x 171/2″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Woodcut works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Purchased with Dormitory Authority of New York Art Acquisition Funds. © Jim Lee Description: Artist and printmaker Jim Lee creates original woodcuts to illustrate his limited-edition, hand-printed books. Lee begins a series with pastel and pencil drawings from which he develops his woodcuts. These prints require many layers of printing to produce their lush surfaces and visual depth. His imagery focuses on the landscapes of New England, the Canadian Maritimes, and Nova Scotia.
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Artist: Jim Lee Title: River Date: 1998 Dimensions: 14" x 171/2" Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Woodcut, works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Purchased with Dormitory Authority of New York Art Acquisition Funds. å© Jim Lee
Artist: Xu, Bing Title: Vegetable Fields Audio: Date: 1983 Dimensions: 28″ x 36″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Woodcut works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Purchased with Dormitory Authority of New York Art Acquisition Funds. © Xu Bing Description: The Chinese Communist Movement promoted the traditional art of printmaking, especially the woodcut, as a valuable form of communication that could be cheaply produced, easily distributed, and broadly appealing. In 1974, as part of Mao Zedong’s “rustification” program, Bing was sent to work in a small farming community. His experience there is reflected in this woodcut, one of his earliest pieces as a printmaker. The work was considered radical at the time because it depicts a personal view of the countryside without any overt political content. Related Websites– Xu Bing’s Website – CNN Article about Chinese Art – “Artist Xu Bing: Creating English Words from Chinese Pictograms” from The Times – Xu Bing at MoMA – Xu Bing at Metropolitan Museum of Art Suggested Readings– Ching, Dora C.Y. and Jerome Silbergeld. Persistence-Transformation: Text as Image in the Art of Xu Bing, 2005. Call Number: N7349 .X8 P47 2005– Erickson, Britta. The Art of Xu Bing: Words without Meaning, […]
