Can I Say Something Nice To You About Something Nice That Someone Told Me

Chris Johanson, artist

born 1968

Can I Say Something Nice To You About Something Nice That Someone Told Me, 2006

Where object was made: Lawrence, Kansas, United States

Material/technique: relief roll; à la poupée; steel etching; sugar-lift

Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 342 x 442 mm
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 13 7/16 x 17 3/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 20 x 25 in

Credit line: Gift of the KU Department of Visual Art, Printmaking Area

Accession number: 2013.0040

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Chris Johanson is known for his street art and painting, which sometimes incorporates text with cartoon-like images. This print features five similar yet distinct cartoonish figures, one of which speaks. Similarly, it was made using several different printmaking techniques. Sugar-lift is an etching process that involves the application of painterly marks to an etching plate, with the marks being positive rather than negative. Sugar can be an element of the printing solution. A la poupée is an intaglio printmaking technique for using different ink colors of ink using a ball-shaped wad of fabric to apply the ink to a copper plate. Paper is printed through just one run in the press. In French, the term a la poupée means "with a doll," which refers to the wad of fabric.