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Nemo
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Nemo
- Object:
Print
- Place of origin:
UK (made)
- Date:
2004 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Nimmo, Graeme (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
Etching on board
- Credit Line:
Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund
- Museum number:
E.278-2005
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case TECHS
Graeme Nimmo studied portraiture at Glasgow School of Art. This print, entitled Nemo, combines traditional etching technique with street art-influenced spray paint stencilling, which creates the dripping paint effect.
The letters ‘GM’ echo graffiti writing, where artists mark their territory with their names. The model emerges from the wall with an almost ghost-like quality. The figure is detailed with simple light and shadow. Although this print is unmistakably modern, it refers back to a more traditional art form, portraiture. Nimmo’s work updates an old genre with contemporary visual language. The simple beauty of a human figure is celebrated with ‘rough-around-the-edges’ visuals.
