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Ane Thon Knutsen | Nancy Cunards Parallax pp. 8

£1,288.69
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Edition of 10
Dimensions (WxH): 76 x 106cm

Working at the intersection of graphic design, contemporary art, and artistic research, Ane Thon Knutsen explores the material, physical, and historical dimensions of printmaking mainly through letterpress. Based in Oslo, Knutsen operates her own private print studio, where she works with movable type and experimental approaches to typography. Her practice is deeply rooted in the tactile qualities of printed matter and the relationship between text, body, labour, and time. Her works often take the form of large-scale installations and artist books developed through long, repetitive, and physically demanding production processes. Drawing inspiration from literature and print history, she investigates how technologies of printing shape thought, language, and artistic freedom. Central to her research is the legacy of women printers, publishers, and writers, particularly Virginia Woolf and the Hogarth Press. In 2019, Knutsen completed a PhD examining Woolf’s practice as a typesetter and self-publisher, and how the physical act of printing influenced her writing. Currently she is working on the legacy of poet, publisher, letterpress printer, journalist and anti fascist activist Nancy Cunard, and her forgotten long poem Parallax form 1925.
Etching
Edition of 10
Dimensions (WxH): 76 x 106cm

Working at the intersection of graphic design, contemporary art, and artistic research, Ane Thon Knutsen explores the material, physical, and historical dimensions of printmaking mainly through letterpress. Based in Oslo, Knutsen operates her own private print studio, where she works with movable type and experimental approaches to typography. Her practice is deeply rooted in the tactile qualities of printed matter and the relationship between text, body, labour, and time. Her works often take the form of large-scale installations and artist books developed through long, repetitive, and physically demanding production processes. Drawing inspiration from literature and print history, she investigates how technologies of printing shape thought, language, and artistic freedom. Central to her research is the legacy of women printers, publishers, and writers, particularly Virginia Woolf and the Hogarth Press. In 2019, Knutsen completed a PhD examining Woolf’s practice as a typesetter and self-publisher, and how the physical act of printing influenced her writing. Currently she is working on the legacy of poet, publisher, letterpress printer, journalist and anti fascist activist Nancy Cunard, and her forgotten long poem Parallax form 1925.