51²è¹İapp

Christiane Baumgartner’s ‘Atlantis,’ 2022

Creative & Performing Arts
â— Feb 4, 2025
The snowy exterior of the Bucksbaum Center for the Arts

by 51²è¹İapp College Museum of Art Associate Director Dan Strong

Christiane Baumgartner

German, b. 1967

Atlantis, 2022

Two-color woodcut on Misumi-Japanese paper

Marie-Louise and Samuel R. Rosenthal Fund (2022.083)

Woodcut by Christine Baumgartner, gradated bands of red and white

Christine Baumgartner

Atlantis, 2022

This is the most recent of four woodcuts by Baumgartner to enter the museum’s collection, and the first to use color. She exploits the nature of woodcut printing to explore the visual effects of film and video stills, and the manner in which pressing the “pause†button causes disruptive interference, compromising notions of â€truth“ in photographic media.

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