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Jennifer Koch Scissor Drawings
June 10 – August 21, 2011
Opening Reception Friday June 10th, 6-9 pm

ningyo editions is proud to present Scissor Drawings by Vermont-based Jennifer Koch in her first Boston-area solo exhibit.

These drawings involve no preliminary sketching, but are cut directly from black paper which is then applied to pages that have been removed from a 1925 Funk & Wagnalls Practical Standard Dictionary. The text adds an incidental commentary to the work, and images from the book's 2,500 pictorial illustrations provide additional visual resources. The use of scissors as a drawing tool has its origins in Victorian silhouettes and kirie (“cut pictures”) of Japan. The drawings are presented in multiples to accentuate their compulsive nature, as well as to develop a narrative for each series.