Kirk Mangus

Alice and Cat

Artist
Kirk Magnus
Title
Alice and Cat
Production Date
2013
Edition of
50
Medium
10 color screenprint on Coventry Rag
Details
Signed, numbered, and titled by the artist
Price
$600
Dimensions
33" x 21 7/8"

About the Artwork

This 10 color screenprint features a stylized illustration from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The gestural strokes and sense of endearing immediacy are qualities for which Kirk Mangus became most known and admired.

Curatorial Opinion

Ceramicist and painter Kirk Mangus had a mark-making language all his own, whether transforming a clay pot or a blank piece of paper. His strong, at times crude lines vibrate and fizzle with movement and energy. In Alice and CatMangus was inspired by Lewis Carroll’s novel, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Here, Alice looks up at the Cheshire cat skeptically as they meet for the first time, with an eyebrow raised and her pursed lips pinched on one side. The cat himself is an enormous presence, grinning famously while paying Alice’s growing frustration no mind.  

Medium
10 color screenprint on Coventry Rag
Edition of
50
Price
$600
Dimensions
33" x 21 7/8"

About the Artist

Kirk Mangus (b.1952, Sharon, PA – d.2013, Kent, OH) was a vital Ohio artist whose career spanned disciplines of ceramics, drawing, painting, and sculpture. Drawn to traditions of storytelling and art’s abilities to connect us all, his work was simultaneously serious and witty, featuring characters both familiar and new.

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About the Process

Haystack works with both traditional printmakers and digital printers to ensure each artist’s print reflects the most important aspects of their studio practice. Alice and Cat was printed in collaboration with the artist and Forth Estate at Axelle Editions (a renowned printmaking studio active from 2005 – 2015). Each print was created by silkscreen printing (also known as serigraphy). This method requires stenciling techniques wherein ink is pressed onto paper through deliberately exposed areas of a mesh screen one color at a time.

 

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