About The Work
At Graphicstudio, Chicago created Voices from the Song of Songs, a portfolio of six images and six text pages. She worked with Marcia Falk’s new translation of the ancient biblical text, which emphasizes its human and erotic nature as well as the mutuality of desire.
The images fuse the heliorelief photographic woodblock method with lithography, while the text pages in both English and Hebrew are rendered in heliorelief for the beautiful background gradations and polymer plastic relief for the text, along with handcoloring by the artist.
“(Voices from the Song of Songs) is a print series of stunning but carefully concealed virtuosity, which is accessible in a fashion which few contemporary artists are able to achieve. All those who have felt the emotion of romantic love will find something that speaks to them.” — Edward Lucie-Smith
Courtesy of Graphicstudio/USF
About Judy Chicago
From The Magazine
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- Interviews & Features: Making History Contemporary: “Half the Picture” Curator on Presenting 100 Years of Art Through a Feminist Lens
- Art 101: How Did Feminist Art Begin? A Brief History of Women Rejecting Patriarchy in the Art World
- Art 101: Get Your Feminism(s) in a Row: Mary Kelly in Conversation with Douglas Crimp
Heliorelief and lithograph
Each paper: 24 x 20 inches
This work is signed and dated on recto.
About The Work
At Graphicstudio, Chicago created Voices from the Song of Songs, a portfolio of six images and six text pages. She worked with Marcia Falk’s new translation of the ancient biblical text, which emphasizes its human and erotic nature as well as the mutuality of desire.
The images fuse the heliorelief photographic woodblock method with lithography, while the text pages in both English and Hebrew are rendered in heliorelief for the beautiful background gradations and polymer plastic relief for the text, along with handcoloring by the artist.
“(Voices from the Song of Songs) is a print series of stunning but carefully concealed virtuosity, which is accessible in a fashion which few contemporary artists are able to achieve. All those who have felt the emotion of romantic love will find something that speaks to them.” — Edward Lucie-Smith
Courtesy of Graphicstudio/USF
About Judy Chicago
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: The 2021 Holiday Collection - DINE
- Interviews & Features: Laura Currie of Prospect Picks Ten Editions and Objects to Mark Ten Years of Artspace
- Interviews & Features: Making History Contemporary: “Half the Picture” Curator on Presenting 100 Years of Art Through a Feminist Lens
- Art 101: How Did Feminist Art Begin? A Brief History of Women Rejecting Patriarchy in the Art World
- Art 101: Get Your Feminism(s) in a Row: Mary Kelly in Conversation with Douglas Crimp
Published by Graphicstudio, University of South Florida, this print is part of a portfolio of six images. The entire portfolio is also available, click here to purchase.
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