Reflection of PhiladelphiaHomage to Ordenberg

HAMANISHI Katsunori (Japanese, b. 1949). Shōwa period, 1988. Mezzotint with relief; ink and color on paper, ed. AP, 14 11/16 x 20 3/16 in. Purchased with a gift from Elizabeth D. Moyer & Michael C. Powanda. 2020:6.2a,b

In 1987, mezzotint printmaker Hamanishi Katsunori received a grant that enabled him to study at the University of Pennsylvania. Through this exposure, he drew inspiration from such contemporary American artists as Claes Oldenberg (b. 1929), Jim Dine (born 1935), and especially Barnett Newman (1905-1970), whose audacious color, form, and design provided exciting new stimuli for his own intaglio prints. Inspired in part by Newman’s “zips” (compositions characterized by thin vertical lines), Hamanishi began to add color to his mezzotints. The button and clothspin in this composition pay homage to two Oldenberg sculptures in Philadelphia (Split Button on the Penn campus and Clothespin by the Center City subway), while the red rope references Newman. The acquisition of both the print and mezzotint printing plate used to produce it provides valuable opportunities to teach about Hamanishi’s technique.

Disperse

Vanessa Renwick (American, b. 1961). 2019. Nine color lithograph with gold leaf, 22 ¼ x 22 ¼ in. Museum purchase through the Hartz FUNd for Contemporary Art. 2020:5.1

Renwick’s lithograph disperse , printed at Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts with collaborative Master Printer Judith Baumann, depicts the stages of life and metaphysical migration of a wolf pack in Yellowstone. This work demonstrates Renwick’s deep interest in human interactions with the natural world and expands JSMA’s holdings of works that engage with environmental issues.

Woman and Man on a Bed

Richard Tuschman (American, b. 1956). 2012. Archival digital print, 16 x 20 in. Gift of Michael Yachnik and Michael Fleming. 2019:53.1

Richard Tuschman’s work is a contemporary crossover in photographic practice between digital and analog processes. For this series, the artist constructs tableau materials in miniature, photographs living models, and assembles the whole montage through digital processes. The effect yields a modest painterly feel that seamlessly blends two typically distinct uses of the photographic medium. This photograph was exhibited in STILL Photography, December 7, 2019–June 14, 2020.

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