Alice Strange
Hold Me, 2022
screenprint
52 x 72 cm
20 1/2 x 28 3/8 in
20 1/2 x 28 3/8 in
edition of 10
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This print was created in conjunction with the Glasgow Print Studio 50th Anniversary Here & Now Legacy Project. 'Hold me' is one of a series of works using our exploration...
This print was created in conjunction with the Glasgow Print Studio 50th Anniversary Here & Now Legacy Project. "Hold me" is one of a series of works using our exploration of the solar system and beyond as a vehicle for thinking about some of the big issues facing the human species: resource ownership vs stewardship, unsustainable growth vs ecological balance, the nuclear threat, the impact of global trading, technological development, appropriate systems of governance, etc.
In “Hold me”, a woman stands in a field of wheat under an ominous sky, holding Earth protectively. She is the focal point, looking directly, slightly accusingly, at the viewer, as if to say “This is our home. It’s under threat. We need to look after it. Do something.” This is not a new message, but it bears repeating, again and again, in as many ways as possible, until we all get it and act on it instead of sleepwalking into hell. The colours are mainly yellow and blue, a direct reference to the war in Ukraine, which has brought some of the big issues to the daily attention of a wider audience, such as the threat of nuclear war and its impact on global trade in commodities such as energy and food.
“Hold me” is a screenprint, created using the CMYK process: four halftone stencils are printed on top of each in four colours – yellow, magenta, cyan, and black. The effect is that of an old newspaper photograph – an eye-catching image to accompany a big story."
Alice Strange was born in Johnstone, Scotland in 1960. She emigrated to New Zealand as a teenager and lived there for 15 years, followed by 15 years in England before moving back to Scotland in 2004. She has degrees in electrical engineering, operations research and art history. She has been a member of the Glasgow Print Studio since 2010.
Everything in her work is in her life. It’s a matter of what she comes across, what she looks at what she pays attention to, what she cares about: family, friends, art, science, language, literature, music, the earth, the sea, the sky, politics, existential threats, philosophy - the big questions. She processes the input by making stuff, using whatever medium is on hand – relief printing, screen printing, monoprinting, collage (analogue and digital), cyanotype, paint, textile and assemblage.
In “Hold me”, a woman stands in a field of wheat under an ominous sky, holding Earth protectively. She is the focal point, looking directly, slightly accusingly, at the viewer, as if to say “This is our home. It’s under threat. We need to look after it. Do something.” This is not a new message, but it bears repeating, again and again, in as many ways as possible, until we all get it and act on it instead of sleepwalking into hell. The colours are mainly yellow and blue, a direct reference to the war in Ukraine, which has brought some of the big issues to the daily attention of a wider audience, such as the threat of nuclear war and its impact on global trade in commodities such as energy and food.
“Hold me” is a screenprint, created using the CMYK process: four halftone stencils are printed on top of each in four colours – yellow, magenta, cyan, and black. The effect is that of an old newspaper photograph – an eye-catching image to accompany a big story."
Alice Strange was born in Johnstone, Scotland in 1960. She emigrated to New Zealand as a teenager and lived there for 15 years, followed by 15 years in England before moving back to Scotland in 2004. She has degrees in electrical engineering, operations research and art history. She has been a member of the Glasgow Print Studio since 2010.
Everything in her work is in her life. It’s a matter of what she comes across, what she looks at what she pays attention to, what she cares about: family, friends, art, science, language, literature, music, the earth, the sea, the sky, politics, existential threats, philosophy - the big questions. She processes the input by making stuff, using whatever medium is on hand – relief printing, screen printing, monoprinting, collage (analogue and digital), cyanotype, paint, textile and assemblage.
