Joan Jonas
(New York, NY, 1936 -)
Coil Snakes
Date2017
MediumPigment print
DimensionsUnframed: 11 3/8 x 16 1/4 in. (28.9 x 41.3 cm)
Credit LineCenter for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Object numberCCS2018.6.11
ClassificationsMultiple
Not on view
DescriptionWorking with artists who were associated with Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co., CCS Bard and Art+Culture Projects have partnered to present specially commissioned limited editions to support The Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983-2004).Some of Joan Jonas' most recognizable and recent works on paper feature images of animals (winged bugs, fishes, the nude human) with obvious bilateral lines of symmetry drawn in wet media, often times ink. This work, from 2017, features an illustrative depiction of a snake coiled in on itself (an animal at once always linear, yet always volumetric) originally rendered in green and yellow dry media. A pioneer of both video and performance art, Joan Jonas has been a significant figure in the international art world for decades and continues to work in video, installation, sculpture, and drawing, as well as with musicians and dancers across disciplines.
