Nicolas Party, Trees, 2024
Woodcut on HM-5 Gampi-shi 30gsm
Image size: 11 x 11 in. 28 x 28 cm
Sheet size: 15 x 15 in. 38.1 x 38.1 cm
Edition of 50 plus 2 artist's proofs
Signed and numbered by the artist
Nicolas Party has created Trees, 2024 for The Hepworth Wakefield to accompany the major exhibition Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surreal Landscapes (23 November 2024 – 21 April 2025).
The exhibition marks 100 years of Surrealism – one of the most influential artistic, intellectual and literary movements of the 20th Century that continues to inspire artists working today. Party is one of the contemporary artists working within the legacy of Surrealism whose work is part of the exhibition.
This edition is the latest in a series of intricate woodcut prints by the artist. The subject matter of the print closely relates to Party's exhibited work; an immersive mural of a fairytale forest, which performs the backdrop to Max Ernst's ominous 1927 painting Cage, Forest and Black Sun.
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