Collier, Anne | Woman Crying (Comic), 2020 — available on Composition Gallery

Ditone print - Signed and numbered on the back

Woman Crying (Comic) by Anne Collier, created in 2020, is a limited edition ditone print measuring 37.1 x 45 cm. This piece features a close-up image of a teary eye, taken from a comic book, which highlights Collier's method of appropriating and recontextualizing popular culture imagery. By isolating and magnifying this single moment of emotion, Collier invites viewers to engage with the portrayal of sadness and its representation within mass media. The use of bold lines and halftone dots preserves the aesthetic of classic comic art, while the subject's emotional intensity encourages reflection on the ways we perceive and relate to such dramatized depictions of feeling.

Anne Collier (USA, 1970) is a contemporary visual artist known for her photographic works that recontextualize found images and objects. Her art critically examines themes of representation, perception, and the role of media in shaping identity. Collier's work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Anne Collier

Woman Crying (Comic), 2020

Name: Woman Crying (Comic), 2020
SKU: 11309

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Limited Edition Print

Limited Edition PrintA limited edition print is one of a number of prints made at the same time from one printmaking plate. A fixed number are made and signed by the artist, indicating the printing order, using the format 1/10, meaning first of ten prints.

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Mixed Media

Mixed MediaMixed media refers to artwork that incorporates more than one medium within a single piece. Unlike multimedia art, which combines distinct forms of visual art and often includes elements like sound, video, or digital media, mixed media focuses on combining traditional art materials, such as paint, ink, and collage. Mixed media art allows artists to achieve a wide range of effects and textures by layering and blending different materials.

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Ditone print - Signed and numbered on the back

Anne Collier

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There are so many amazing layers of weirdness.
- Anne Collier

Born in the United States in 1970, Anne Collier is one of the pioneer female photographers of her generation. Formally trained at UCLA and CalArt, Collier began her art career in 2001. She describes her style as still life, but it is her subject matter that makes her photography stand out from others. Influenced by several artists of the 1970's and 1980's, known as the Pictures Generation, Anne Collier focuses on pop art and social inequality. Her feminist approach is clearly evident in her artwork. Her subjects are pop art pieces such as old album covers, movie posters, magazine covers, as well as existing photographs. Set on a monochromatic background, the pieces tell a story within a story. Most of Collier's artwork portrays the sexual degradation of women through the eyes of men who gawk and leer. Collier's most recent artwork focuses on photography about the art of photography. Several of her more popular pieces are photographs of her photographing objects. In many of the prints she has cropped the image to focus on just her eye in the viewfinder. Other examples of her artwork feature old postcards where women are being inappropriately portrayed. Anne Collier's work has been displayed in major art galleries in the United States and Europe. She continues to create her unique pieces from her studio in New York City.

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What is appropriation?

Appropriation in art involves using pre-existing images or objects with little or no modification. This technique has played a significant role across various art forms, including visual arts, music, performance, and literature. In visual arts, appropriation refers to the practice of adopting, sampling, recycling, or borrowing elements—or even entire forms—of existing visual culture, integrating them into new works to create meaning or critique.

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