Current Exhibit
Tagging Grandma’s Wallpaper
A screenprinting exhibit by Laura Cook
Opens Friday, June 8, 7:00-10:00 p.m. during Norman’s 2nd Friday Circuit of Art.
“My inspiration is centered on printing pattern over pattern, the end result being a juxtaposition of what should or shouldn’t be on the wall. Children take crayons to walls. Graffiti artists make their mark where they may or may not be wanted. I’ve taken a vintage wallpaper sample book from 1979 and begun screen printing over the pages. I am working with images that either stand out or blend into the background. To either exemplify a motif, or scratch it out. It is a funny, serious, naughty project.
Each one of a kind screen print is flocked. Yes, the images are fuzzy, like short fur! Can you imagine an entire room covered any of these papers? It is just hard to look at. It is strange to put something on the wall that is hard to look at, but the fact that you really have to look, and look away, or look around to avoid the art on the wall is pretty serious. Take that Grandma!”
- Laura Cook
