Room 09 · Pressed

Sunflower, Cut in Black

One flower and its leaves, ruled inside a border and cut in black on red — a page from a herbal, printed on fire.

Hangs in Pressed, room 09 of 14: The newest register, and the hottest — a single red ground, crackled and worked, with the line laid over the top of it. White pattern standing proud of the surface on one canvas; on the next, a whole garden cut in black inside a ruled border. The block-cutter’s grammar, done in paint.