Karin Broker

"Girl Germs" Contemporary Black and White Figurative Female Nude Linocut Ed. 2/8

1995

Modern black and white figurative abstract lithograph by Texas artist Luis Jimenez. The work features a nude woman standing in front of a mirror with a skull-faced figure lurking in background. Signed, dated, and editioned along the front central margin. Currently hung in a black floating frame. Dimensions Without Frame: H 48 in. x W 36 in. Artist Biography: Jimenez Uses "low brow" materials including fiberglass and plastic to create satirical comments about American life. He also works in bronze, and his images depict modern pop culture including the stereo-typical American West. Jimenez was born July 30, 1940, in El Paso, Texas, and started working with his father in a custom sign...

Black and white abstract outline drawing depicting nude female. Framed and matted in a carved wooden silver metallic frame. Signed by artist on the bo...

Contemporary photograph on collotype by Houston, TX artist Delilah Montoya. Photograph shows a young woman with long, dark hair with both arms stretched to the sides while surrounded by lit candles. Her back faces the camera as she faces a wall with graffiti. The scene is reminiscent of Jesus on the cross. Titled, signed, and dated by artist. Framed and matted in a red and gold wooden frame. Dimensions Without Frame: H 17.25 in. x W 16.13 Artist Biography: Although she was born in Texas and lived in Nebraska into her twenties, photographer and printmaker Delilah Montoya has deep roots in northern New Mexico through her mother's family. Raised by her mother, Montoya observes that women have empowered her family for five generations. Montoya studied photography and printmaking at the University of New Mexico, where she received her bachelor's degree, master's degree, and master of fine arts. She works in a variety of two-dimensional photographic and printing processes as well as creating larger installations. The artist describes her approach as postmodernist and uses documentary strategies to interpret her own distinct vision. Politically, Montoya is committed to exploring issues of identity in terms of a Chicano cultural context:"In my own evolving ideology I question my identity as a Chicana in occupied America, and articulate the experience of the minority woman. I work to understand the depth of my spiritual, political, emotional and cultural icons, realizing that in exploring the topography of my conceptual homeland, Aztlan, I am searching for the configuration of my own vision. " (Montoya n.d.) Montoya is committed to the expression of Chicana experience and history, but she does not consider herself as a feminist. Indeed, Montoya rejects identification as a United States-style feminist because she believes that "Feminists don't give us solidarity. As a Chicana my issues are multifaceted, not just gender, but class, race. " The border, for Montoya, is a politically imposed construct, a part of a United States colonialist enterprise that was forced upon the Chicano community. It is the environment in which Chicano life and history unfolds. Montoya's work explores contemporary and historical issues, sometimes win a humorous twist. Her artist's book for the 1992 Chicano Codices exhibition organized by the Mexican Museum in San Francisco, Codex Delilah: a Journey From Mechica to Chicana (including text by poet Cecilio Garcia-Camarillo), traces the imaginary journey of Six Deer, a character who embodies the contact between indigenous and Spanish culture in her trip "pal norte" towards Aztlan, the "spiritual homeland of her ancestors." As she journeys to the north, the character also journeys forward in time, meeting important Chicanas from the past, including La Llorona...

Photograph collage of Jenny Helzer and Barbara Kruger sitting in an Oshkosh car. The work is signed and titled by the artist Scott Griesbach who was known for photo collage works. It...

"She Did Not Hurry" is an original linocut on Kozuke paper by Ellen Von Wiegand. Image size 23.75 x 15.75 inches / 60 x 40 cm Paper size 30 x 20 inches / 76 x 50 cm Von Wiegand typi...

"Unseen, Unknown" is an original linocut print on Kozuke paper by Ellen Von Wiegand. Image size 23.75 x 15.75 inches / 60 x 40 cm Paper size 30 x 20 inches / 76 x 50 cm Von Wiegand ...

Each piece is a unique and original Linocut print. Von Wiegand uses organic and traditional Japanese and Chinese papers in her work. Each piece is sold Unframed. A solitary female n...

"Wanting Solitude and Closeness" is an original linocut on Kozuke paper by Ellen Von Wiegand. Image size 23.75 x 15.75 inches / 60 x 40 cm Paper size 30 x 20 inches / 76 x 50 cm Thi...