Grey Water System
Hand-pulled original woodcut print (oil-based in on cloud dragon handmade rice paper)
Image size: 36.5x13” / 93x33cm
Paper size: 42x18.5” / 107x47cm
Edition 9+3
2023
USD 1000 for editions 1-2 unframed
USD 1280 for editions 3-5 unframed
USD 1530 for editions 6-8 unframed
This is an original woodcut print, part of my huge 99 Polluta Propaganda Woodcut project, describing a futuristic floating artist colony in the sky. This body of works has been exhibited in many international museums, biennales and universities and has been written about by many scholars. Read more here.
The image measures 45x60cm / 18x23.5 in. and paper is approximately 61x76cm / 24x30 in. I say approximately because the paper is hand-made and hand cut. The edges are beautifully deckled.
The print is in edition of 9+3. Read more on editions here.
About Grey Water System
This work depicts the grey water system that filters “grey water” from toilets into drawing water. The various characters in the image are real living artists who was invited to become “Polluta residents.” The artist created portraits of these forty artists as part of another related but separate body of works. All these artists also appear in a 30m hand-painted animation “Polluta” (2018-2023.)
Toilet humour is embedded in this work. In the foreground, a dragon (Henry Steiner, Father of Hong Kong’s Graphical Design) is washing his hands in a urinal. Toilet paper can be spotted upon inspection along with a chrysanthemum, a metaphor for the anus understood in East Asia. On both sides of the main pipe system, the waterfall and the fountain-like spouts suggests a woman and a man urinating respectively.
About “Polluta Propaganda Woodcuts” project
Polluta Propaganda Woodcuts (2018 - ) are a collection of 99 woodcuts that portray the artist’s imaginary futuristic ecotopian artist colony “Polluta”. The body of work is composed in three phases. The point of departure for Phase I (2018 - 2023) is China’s New Woodcut Movement in the 1930s and 1940s, whereas Phase II (2023 - present) is heavily drawn from Japanese historic ukiyo-e prints. Phase III (future project) will be a collection of architectural wood carvings portraying Polluta’s ever-shifting appearance.
About the Print
Both the print and paper are handmade. Large bamboo fibre pieces in the paper texture are part of the charm. Your print may look slightly different from the one in the image.
These are unique items of art. Only 10 were handmade and kept in this world. It’s not possible to have a replacement. There may be marks of handmadeness on your woodcut print, that is part of the charm and beauty of the work.
The print is lovingly wrapped in a sturdy paper tube. Mounting or framing is not included. Click here for framing/mounting recommendations.
A certificate of authenticity is included.
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