Resonance and Resistance: Towards a Home Unbound
Helen Frederick and Chris Mona Collaborative Works
In this print collaboration Frederick and Mona have been exploring war and conflict with the potential for resolution, using cultural touchstones from across time and space that resonate with them personally.
The works created in 2024 feature a series ”Resonance and Resistance: Towards a Home Unbound”. Much of this series produced over a year-long period, has as its matrix Helen Frederick’s lush and tactile custom made large scale paper. that is enhanced with lithography, screen print, and woodcut printings, and with additional chine colle’ applications, all arrived at by collaborative discourse between the two artists.
“Reckoning,” screen print, chine colle,’ and drawing on custom made paper.
“In The Time Of Not Yet,” screen print, chine colle’ on custom made paper.
“What Does The Mountain Want,” screen print, chine colle ‘on custom made paper.
“Inseparable,” woodcut, intaglio, screen print, chine colle’ on custom made paper.
“Not So Distant,” screen print, chine colle’ on custom made paper.
“Pinnacle,” screen print, lithograph, chine colle’ on custom made paper.
”Traces Left Behind,” screen print, chine colle’ on custom made paper.
Weeds and Hardscrabble, screenprint, lithograph, collage, and hand coloring on custom paper
Helen Frederick and Chris Mona at the Rice Gallery, McDaniel College, for the opening of”in the time of not yet” Mona’s Solo Projects and Collaborative Projects with Helen Frederick, October, 2024.