Deborah Klein
Deborah Klein
Pour Jean, 1989
Deborah Klein (born 1951)
linocut on Japanese paper 4/25
10 x 10 cm (frame: 35 x 34.5 cm)
editioned, titled, signed and dated below image.
$250 (framed)
enquire:
simon@ensemblefineart.com.au
0419 540 162
Pour Jean , 1989 was produced at a similar time to the Pirate Jenny Prints, a suite of linocuts inspired by a character in The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill.
“At the time…I was back in St. Kilda, living in Grey Street, then one of its more squalid pockets. I wanted to tap into the singular energy and edge St Kilda had at that time…The Pirate Jenny Prints freed me, enabling me to draw inspiration from other art forms and to incorporate more personal narratives. Essentially it became the cornerstone for all the work that followed.” Deborah Klein
“Deborah Klein is quite a remarkable printmaker whose work breathes of a strength, humanism and a conviction that art should be more than the celebration of decorative trivia”. Sasha Grishin
Deborah Klein was born in Melbourne and spent her childhood and early adult years living in St Kilda. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Printmaking, at Chisholm Institute of Technology (1982-84) and a Graduate Diploma at Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education (1987-88).
Deborah Klein’s work has been presented in several solo exhibitions since 1987 with prominent examples including ‘Forget Me Knots,’ Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne (2007) and ‘Deborah Klein: Out of the Past 1995-2007’ (2008), which was a survey show touring Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Warrnambool Art Gallery and Deakin University Art Gallery, Victoria.
Deborah Klein’s work is held in numerous public, university and private collections including the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Art Gallery of New South Wales; Art Gallery of South Australia and Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria.