Fan II

Artist: Dana Newmann (American, born 1937)

Date: 2008

Medium: Japanese fan (paper, bamboo), black locust thorns from tres on East Palace Avenue, collaged paper from Japanese woodblock picture books

Classification: Assemblage

Credit Line: Museum purchase with funds from David and Gita Kronen, 2011

Keywords and Associated Locations:

wind
Ukiyo-e
Hokusai School
storms
thorn (plant material)
black locust
collages

Object number: 2011.30.2

Description

Dana Newmann is a visual hunter/gatherer who acquires a wide variety of found objects that are then put in dialogue with each other through collage and assemblage. This fan is one of a pair, also in the collection, that draws on the artist’s interest in Japanese culture, making use of 1940s Japanese fans and woodblock prints.

Not on view

Publication and Exhibition History: 2008: "A Pilgrim’s Notes" Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Santa Fe 2011: New Mexico Museum of Art booth at SOFA Art Fair