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Artist

Judy Pfaff (Primary)

Title

...wind-deer and the honey-grass...

Date

2017

Century

21st century

Medium & Support

Woodcut with hand painted dye and ink on Crown Kozo paper, and archival inkjet print on Big Jet Spirit clear film

Edition

4/12

Dimensions

Sheet: 44 x 99 1/2 in. , Image: 40 x 95 1/4 in. , Frame: 49 1/4 x 105 in.

Object Type

Prints

Credit Line

2017 Collectors' Circle purchase

Accession Number

2017.33.01

Copyright

In Copyright
© Judy Pfaff / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Paper-based media—photographs, drawings, collages, and prints—afford artists the opportunity to be simultaneously intimate and personal, technical and formal. More abstract works such as Pfaff’s …wind-deer and the honey-grass… take a multimedia approach that encompasses the full range of innovations that have occurred in printmaking over the past 25 years.

Exhibition Title: Asheville Art Museum: An Introduction to the Collection
Label Date: 2021
Type: Catalogue Entry
Written by: Terrie Sultan

Levels of intricate lines within layers of paper and clear plastic film create depth in Pfaff’s …wind-deer and the honey-grass…. The artist’s travels to India influenced this work, particularly the Buddhist tale of the wind-deer and the honey-grass. The story tells of a ruler who requested the palace gardener capture a rare deer. The gardener fostered the deer’s trust by smearing honey on grass, eventually luring the animal into the palace before releasing it. Smearing paint on the back of the plastic through which we see the layers of paper beneath, Pfaff exposes just how easy it is to lose sight of our needs in the face of sweet and convenient temptation.

Exhibition Title: Asheville Art Museum: An Introduction to the Collection
Label Date: 2021
Type: Catalogue Entry
Written by: Lola Clairmont