Nationality
American
Title of Work
Preview
Date of Work
2008
Medium
Serigraph
Edition #
26/45
Signature
Lower right
Height
21 1/2"
Width
15"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
Stored - FF_006_G
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Artist Bio
Perhaps best known for taking over Mad magazine’s Spy vs. Spy, New York alternative cartoonist and graphic novelist Peter Kuper here appropriates a well-known image by Belgian Surrealist René Magritte.
Kuper, who has been a visiting artist at UND, produced this print in the Department of Art & Design’s printmaking facility with the assistance of students. By working alongside professional artists, UND students are provided with unique learning opportunities. The students’ collaborations with visiting artists have been enhanced through Sundog Multiples - a printmaking venture created by Art & Design Professor Kim Fink, in conjunction with UND Art Collections, and generously funded by the Myers Foundations.
Additional Information
In this work, Kuper appropriates a famous work by Magritte to express his criticism towards the President of the United States at the time. This print was produced by the artist at the Department of Art and Design’s printmaking facility while he visited UND on March 26, 2008 during the 39th Annual Writers Conference.