Eve 1977

Editor: This is Barry Flanagan’s "Eve", a woodcut print. It's quite small, but the contrast is striking. What does it tell us about the artist's process? Curator: Well, look at the rough carving. The materiality speaks volumes. It's not about idealized beauty, but the labor of the hand, the tool's mark. Think about the consumption of images, then and now. Editor: So it's less about the subject, Eve, and more about the act of making the print itself? Curator: Precisely! Consider the social context: Flanagan questioning traditional sculpture through printmaking, blurring boundaries between art and craft. Editor: That's a completely different way of seeing it. I'll definitely remember that. Curator: Indeed. Materiality reshapes our perspective.