The River (don't dam it)
Dublin Core
Title
The River (don't dam it)
Subject
Modernist interpretation of the Bozeman landscape in the 1960s.
Description
44" by 13" woodblock print on paper using the Chine-colle technique by Jessie Wilber.
This woodblock is indicative of Jessie Wilber's style, her work isolates and at the same unites her subjects. It is personal documentation on the way we look at the world. We see it as one vision, and we also choose to look upon one thing at a time. Here she allows us to do both, to be in the moment and to take the long view.
Wilber responded to the materials she had at hand and by picking up and using pieces of scrap wood. She was not thinking too hard about the wood itself, throwing out any preconception of what to do with scrap wood, but rather she looked at what she would do with the material, in her case the result was her woodblock prints.
This woodblock is indicative of Jessie Wilber's style, her work isolates and at the same unites her subjects. It is personal documentation on the way we look at the world. We see it as one vision, and we also choose to look upon one thing at a time. Here she allows us to do both, to be in the moment and to take the long view.
Wilber responded to the materials she had at hand and by picking up and using pieces of scrap wood. She was not thinking too hard about the wood itself, throwing out any preconception of what to do with scrap wood, but rather she looked at what she would do with the material, in her case the result was her woodblock prints.
Creator
Jessie Wilber
Source
Montana State University School of Art
Publisher
Montana State University School of Art, Art Archives
Date
1963
Contributor
Michele Corriel
Rights
Montana State University School of Art
Relation
Montana State University School of Art, Art Archives
Format
jpeg
Language
English
Type
Four-color woodblock print on paper using Chine-colle technique
Identifier
Four-color woodblock print on paper using Chine-colle technique created by Montana printmaker Jessie Wilber
Coverage
Montana art, Montana Modernism, Printmaker, female artist, Montana State University School of Art, Jessie Wilber
Files
Citation
Jessie Wilber, “The River (don't dam it),” jessie wilber: a digital collection, accessed May 2, 2024, https://mcorriel.omeka.net/items/show/9.