Two years ago, I began several series of large linoleum prints, work that is ongoing. My plan to paste the linos on exterior brick walls challenges me to reconsider private vs public access in both concept and location of display.  I increasingly want to see how far fine art, which would not normally be considered public art, can be pushed.  How far I can push myself to be both true to myself and yet make my work more accessible in a public arena? How can the conceptualization of the work reflect the space of its presentation?  References to forgotten spaces and figures of loss already in my gallery-exhibited work is now displayed in actual forgotten alleyways. The destruction of the works when removed brings fuller attention to personal and societal experiences/paradigms of loss and renewal to larger audiences.
 
"In_Title_Meant," is the first of series of linoleum prints designed to be displayed/ pasted to walls in public.   to be resolved. In each print, a lone handkerchief is hung by rope from a hand. Each is uniquely titled. They are all one lino block reprinted in many divergent ways.  The "hanky" is considered as an illustration cropped from a missing story, a cheery greeting, a surrender, a hidden space, a levitation act, a dark spectre.  "In_Title_Meant," investigates the ownership of images by questioning who is empowered to interpret/control meanings that effect cultural outcomes. The many titles pack, unpack, and repack those meanings.
 
 
 

Rosemarie Bernardi In_Title_Meant   Paste Prints Linoleum Prints
In_Title_Meant
2021
Linoleum Prints
8' x 60'

Original Lino-Cut Paste Paper Exhibition
Diphthong Alley
Keene, NY

Rosemarie Bernardi In_Title_Meant   Paste Prints Linoleum print
Levitation -on site
2021
Linoleum print
60" x 32"

Rosemarie Bernardi In_Title_Meant   Paste Prints
In_Title_Meant - DETAIL with Artist
2021

Rosemarie Bernardi In_Title_Meant   Paste Prints Drawing Ink & Linoleum Print
In Sorrow Still
2021
Drawing Ink & Linoleum Print
60" x 32"

Rosemarie Bernardi In_Title_Meant   Paste Prints Linoleum Print
Camera Obscura
2021
Linoleum Print
60" x 32"

Rosemarie Bernardi In_Title_Meant   Paste Prints Drawing Ink, Linoleum Print
Weigh / Anchor
2021
Drawing Ink, Linoleum Print
60" x 32"

Rosemarie Bernardi In_Title_Meant   Paste Prints Linoleum Print
Denouement
2022
Linoleum Print
60" x 32"

Rosemarie Bernardi In_Title_Meant   Paste Prints Linoleum Print + Solar Plates + Monotype
Tithing
2022
Linoleum Print + Solar Plates + Monotype
60" x 32"

Rosemarie Bernardi In_Title_Meant   Paste Prints Linoleum Print
Whether System
2021
Linoleum Print
60" x 32"

Rosemarie Bernardi In_Title_Meant   Paste Prints Linoleum Print + Solar Plates + Monotype
Weather System
2022
Linoleum Print + Solar Plates + Monotype
60" x 32"

Rosemarie Bernardi In_Title_Meant   Paste Prints Linoleum Print
Anti-Gravity
2021
Linoleum Print
60" x 32"

Rosemarie Bernardi In_Title_Meant   Paste Prints Linoleum Print
Torsion Field
2021
Linoleum Print
40" x 60"

Rosemarie Bernardi In_Title_Meant   Paste Prints Linoleum Print
Curious Amnesia
2021
Linoleum Print
60" x 32"

Rosemarie Bernardi In_Title_Meant   Paste Prints Linoleum Print
Dream Analysis
2022
Linoleum Print
60" x 32"

Rosemarie Bernardi In_Title_Meant   Paste Prints Monotype & Linoleum Print
Trick or Treat
2021
Monotype & Linoleum Print
60" x 32"

Rosemarie Bernardi In_Title_Meant   Paste Prints Linoleum + Thread
Surrender
2021
Linoleum + Thread
60" x 32"

Rosemarie Bernardi In_Title_Meant   Paste Prints Linoleum Print+ Thread
DETAIL- Surrender
2021
Linoleum Print+ Thread