Vlastislav Hofman

"Raskolnikow" original linocut

1920

Medium: original lithograph. This impression on wove paper was printed in 1919 for Das Kestnerbuch, an important collection of original prints published during the height of the Germ...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Germany in 1921 for the rare Ganymed portfolio of "Das dritte Jahrbuch der Marees Gesellschaft", published in Munich by Marees-Gesellschaft, R...

Bit of a mystery here. Really well done colored Linocut A very expressionistic style of a landscape with trees. I’m pretty sure it’s signed in Hebrew but cannot translate. A very low...

I am a multi-disciplinary artist who has professionally shown my work in dozens of galleries and museums since the late 1990s. But while my work can take many different forms, my practice is rooted in drawing. Whether I am working on the watercolor and acrylic pieces, or fiber-based pieces, every project and every idea begins with a drawing. Through that process I lay out my ideas, ask myself questions, experiment with different options, and try to resolve all the formal and conceptual issues I will attempt in my final piece. The themes I have explored in my work from 1999 on, and even before then, have remained the same even though my style has shifted radically. I have been interested in exploring self-portraiture, personal narratives, femininity, politics, and the use of text in art. I have remained constant in my exploration of critical theory and art history, and drawn influence from artists as diverse as Joseph Beuys, Henry Darger, and Adrian Piper.