Always Wear a Clean Fig Leaf, Nancy Palmeri

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Nancy Palmeri, Always Wear a Clean Fig Leaf
Nancy Palmeri, Always Wear a Clean Fig Leaf
Nancy Palmeri
Always Wear a Clean Fig Leaf
2003
Nancy Palmeri, artist
Always Wear a Clean Fig Leaf, 2003
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: color woodcut
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 564 x 390 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 22 3/16 x 15 3/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 32 x 24 in
Credit line: Gift of the KU Art Department, Intaglio Area
Accession number: 2003.0112
Not on display
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This color woodcut by Nancy Palmeri exemplifies her interest in representing traditional religious and cultural icons with vibrant colors and patterns. In this artwork, Palmeri incorporates Judeo-Christian imagery of Adam and Eve along with a skeleton as a memento mori, or reminder of death. The woodcut medium shows traces of the artist’s hand that are a signature of Palmeri’s work. As the daughter of Sicilian immigrants, Palmeri considers familial influences on her artistic identity as well as issues of identity, emotion, and gender.

Exhibitions

Brosseau Center for Learning: Six Degrees of Separation: Prints from KU and Beyond
Spencer Museum of Art Interns 2017–2018, curator
2018

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