Antje Drescher: Untitled

Untitled, by Antje Drescher.

Antje Drescher was born in Rostock (East Germany) in 1972 and studied illustration at the College of Figurative Arts in Hamburg, where she still lives. Over the past ten years she has worked as a freelance illustrator for German magazines, newspapers and children's books.

About the print:
The print is about the very moment you realize what will happen next. Inspired by a walk through a wildlife park, the advantage of linocut technique lies within the contrast it creates between the white spaces of snow and the darkness of the tree trunks. It intensifies and focuses on the tension-filled situation between the animals.

This print is a linocut on watermarked 185gsm acid-free, deckle edged watercolor paper, printed with water-based inks.

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What has inspired you recently?
Walks through a local wildlife park, and all the animals, in particular the owls. Frottage drawings of fruit nets and other everyday items. Vintage souvenir picture leporellos of then popular holiday destinations in odd colors.

Why did you choose to pair Doctors Without Borders with your print?
Doctors and nurses volunteer with Doctors without Borders to provide urgent medical care to victims of war and disaster, regardless of race, religion, or politics. I consider support for this work important.



If you could pick one artist to mentor you, who would it be?
Karl Blossfeldt, who chose the plant as the subject of his photographic work. He revealed graphic details by reducing the plants to geometric forms, structures and grey tones, to standardized types which can also be found in architecture, fashion, dance etc. To look at the world in this manner of heightened awareness opens new perspectives for our perception.

Who are some artists that other people should know about?
At the moment some of my favorite artists are: Edward Gorey, Lisbeth Zwerger, Stasys Eidrigevicius, Anke Feuchtenberger, Tomi Ungerer, Christina Gransow, Lorenzo Mattotti, Eva Muggenthaler, Benoit Guillaume, Julia Pott, Martin Tom Dieck, Nina Pagalies, Michael Sowa, Kveta Pacovska, Aubrey Beardsley, Cy Twombly, Sigmar Polke, David Hockney, Lyonel Feininger, Hannah Höch, Kurt Schwitters, Paul Klee, Marcel Duchamp, Constantin Brancusi, Hans Arp, Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand, Marcel Breuer, Fischli/Weiss, Jean Painlevé, Federico Fellini, Francois Truffaut, Karel Zeman, Gob Squad, Mary Wigman, Daniil Charms, Simone de Beauvoir, Arno Schmidt, Silvia Plath, Ernst Jandl, Elfriede Jelinek, Rainer Maria Rilke, Adalbert Stifter, Schubert, Brahms, Fred Frith, Robert Fripp, Sinn Sisamouth, and Ros Sereysothea...