2.5 x 4"; 8 pages. Single sheet folded. Printed on one side of an acid-free sheet. Elaine Langerman: "Oh You Doll is a continuation of a series of painted/collaged wall works (10) that I exhibited back in January [2008] at a gallery near us. Seems like I am really getting involved in kids' stuff—illustrations of antique paper dolls, of found kids wherever they pop up, toys, and games. The background (all that pink) is a diagram of a pram that you can make by folding it over, thus making a 2-D object into a 3-D one. (Do you see the wheels on the back page?) Am I trying to recapture childhood images—or just having a bit of a romp?? It is kind of like doing a dance with all the parts coming together into a calibrated whole. I see the mood as somehow related to my Alice in Wonderland painting with all the personages moving around rhythmically and manically…. And there is the whole idea of dancing in mid-air, and of animals and humans dancing together." |
