YESTERNOW

A treasury of American prints.

Yesternow: Reconfiguring Identity and Time in American Printmaking

Printmaking, with its millennia-old techniques and powerful ability to capture specific moments in time, finds itself once again at the center of a revolutionary recontextualization in "Yesternow." This series, a bold and contemporary intervention in the classic American print book "A Treasury of American Prints," testifies to the dialogue between tradition and modernity, between the past and the present.

Each piece in "Yesternow" is not merely an aesthetic reinvention of previous works; it is an affirmation and questioning of the artist's role in art history and meaning construction. By adopting and transforming the original artists' signatures, all men, and substituting them with her own name, the creator of this series challenges preconceived notions of authorship and gender, highlighting tensions between individual and collective identity.

The interventions go beyond mere imitation of graphic styles; each work reimagines and disrupts the intrinsic message of the original, contextualizing it in contemporary realities. Through this process, "Yesternow" creates a bridge between two eras, allowing the voices of the past to resonate in the present but with a new tone, a new perspective.

Beyond being a series of visual reconfigurations, "Yesternow" invites viewers to deep reflection on how we reinterpret and value art over time. It challenges conventions, calls for recognition and questioning of power structures in art history, and celebrates the continuous act of creation and reinvention.

At the intersection of what was and what is, "Yesternow" stands as a testament to the art's ability to evolve, adapt, and, above all, communicate across eras.