Pamela Rosenkranz companions with nzz
Swiss platform NZZ has partnered with artist Pamela Rosenkranz to create 30 distinctive screen-printed mirrors, titled Anamazon (Reflection). The serial version additionally includes a printed assortment of 70, dubbed Sample Stress (Screening). These two artworks that construct on Rosenkranz’s exploration of the connection between nature and tradition. She displays on the internet-driven mindset of her era, drawing inspiration from the each day and fixed move of photographs and knowledge. Her portray on mirrors speaks to this introspective strategy and incorporates the Japanese Kirigami approach to craft intricate designs based mostly on reptile and fish patterns. These patterns, simply recognizable on account of human evolution, are mirrored again to us, connecting nature with our personal reflection.
Anamazon (Reflection), 2024 | acrylic display print on mirror, distinctive piece from a sequence of 30, with plexiglass body: 42.7 x 30.4 x 4.5 cm | picture courtesy NZZ
screen-printed mirrors exploring nature and tradition
In an interview by journalist Benedict Neff, Pamela Rosenkranz elaborates on this connection between nature and human tradition by stating: ‘Artificiality means that there’s something that’s exterior of nature. However that doesn’t exist. We are able to really solely create pure issues. […] Artwork is pure. As clever beings, people can create artwork, no less than when issues are going moderately properly for them.’ Her newest collaboration with the NZZ platform additional exemplifies her views. The distinctive serial items reveal completely different colour tones utilized to the mirror tones by hand utilizing the display printing course of, leading to extensively completely different patterns and tracings. To emphasise the prints’ ephemeral high quality, the artist framed every mirror in wooden with a shadow hole to create the phantasm of floating.
Anamazon (Reflection), 2024 | acrylic display print on mirror, distinctive piece from a sequence of 30, with plexiglass body: 42.7 x 30.4 x 4.5 cm | picture courtesy NZZ
The display print version, Sample Stress (Screening), significantly spotlights the type of stimuli which have triggered deeply rooted reactions in individuals since prehistoric instances. Primarily based on her Sample Stress sequence, this piece thematizes the tabby patterning of cat fur, typically related in the present day with sexiness and sensual attraction. The stripes and patterns emerge from a fancy evolutionary course of, the place the animal’s fur mimics the interaction of sunshine and shadow in its pure surroundings for camouflage. Pamela Rosenkranz expands on this idea via display printing, a way she has beforehand used. She applies acrylic paint in layers onto shiny silver paper, making a textured, multi-layered design evoking three-dimensionality. Each Sample Stress (Screening) and Anamazon (Reflection) at the moment are obtainable to buy on the NZZ Store.
Sample Stress (Screening), 2024 | display print on silver paper, version of 70 copies, unframed: 42 × 29.7 cm | picture courtesy NZZ
set up view | picture courtesy NZZ
Pamela Rosenkranz | picture © Marc Asekhame
mission information:
artist: Pamela Rosenkranz | @pamelaememrosenkranz
platform: NZZ Artwork | @nzz
artworks: Anamazon (Reflection) – version of 30, Stress (Screening) – version of 70
