Kirk Mangus

Alice and Mouse

Artist
Kirk Mangus
Title
Alice and Mouse
Production Date
2013
Edition of
50
Medium
7 color screenprint on Coventry Rag
Details
Signed, numbered, and titled by the artist
Price
$600
Dimensions
32" x 22 3/4"
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About the Artwork

This 7 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 an undeniable trademark gestural style, whether transforming a clay pot or a blank piece of paper. In Alice and MouseMangus depicted a scene from Lewis Carroll’s novel, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, where Alice and a mysterious mouse find themselves frantically swimming in a pool of Alice’s tears. For this particular portrayal of Alice, Mangus used his daughter Una’s likeness, who was born in the Chinese zodiac year of the Rat. With spontaneous strokes in black, the scene comes alive waves form around the beloved characters. 

Medium
7 color screenprint on Coventry Rag
Edition of
50
Price
$600
Dimensions
32" x 22 3/4"
Choose Frame Option
Please select a frame option

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 Mouse 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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