emmett ramstad
Body of Work
by Reine Hauser in "AfterImage" (2007)
"In addition to photographs, this large exhibition includes videos by several artists, two sculptural installations, and monoprints on handmade paper. The monoprints and one installation are by Emmett Ramstad of Minneapolis. The paper, which incorporates gauze, is in mottled hues of browns and pinks, the varying colors of drying blood. The prints, with figures stitched into the paper, outline a human body seen from the front, rear, side, or as a hand holding a penis. The monoprints are suspended away from the wall, allowing both sides to be visible.
Accompanying the monoprints is Ramstad’s 12 - x 1-foot installation of a series of wood shelves, each surmounted by a brown pillow of rich fabric with an embroidered outline of a hand or pair of hands. Atop the pillows are twenty-two small round cases (with clear tops) that contain gauze and small bits—described in explanatory material for the exhibition as “surgical remains.” This work concerns the surgery necessary to transform the body; stitches can both heal a wound and simultaneously outline for emphasis or clarity."
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by Reine Hauser in "AfterImage" (2007)
"In addition to photographs, this large exhibition includes videos by several artists, two sculptural installations, and monoprints on handmade paper. The monoprints and one installation are by Emmett Ramstad of Minneapolis. The paper, which incorporates gauze, is in mottled hues of browns and pinks, the varying colors of drying blood. The prints, with figures stitched into the paper, outline a human body seen from the front, rear, side, or as a hand holding a penis. The monoprints are suspended away from the wall, allowing both sides to be visible.
Accompanying the monoprints is Ramstad’s 12 - x 1-foot installation of a series of wood shelves, each surmounted by a brown pillow of rich fabric with an embroidered outline of a hand or pair of hands. Atop the pillows are twenty-two small round cases (with clear tops) that contain gauze and small bits—described in explanatory material for the exhibition as “surgical remains.” This work concerns the surgery necessary to transform the body; stitches can both heal a wound and simultaneously outline for emphasis or clarity."
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