Gift of Dale Jensen. In the permanent collection, Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
UM95.27
Tuned In: Sketch for Yellow Man, early 1990s
Jeanine Coupe Ryding (American, b. 1948)
Woodcut print
Gift of Gretchen Grosse/Olson Beckley. In the permanent collection, Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
UM2021.19
The dramatic stylization of the two figures in the prints by Jeanine Coupe Ryding lend themselves to introspection by the viewer. In the figure on the right, the head appears to be looking downward, with only an ear and a hint of a mouth showing. The head and its background are covered in multicolored chaotic markings.
Similarly, the large-scale figure on the left engulfs the viewer, its imposing head and background echoing the gestural marks of Abstract Expressionist painters. The slashing marks and waving lines surrounding the figure blend the foreground and the background, as a halo or shadow of a figure looms slightly above the yellow face. The eyes are marked with two arrows pointing in opposing directions, and the mouth depicted almost as if in the act of speaking. What emotions are evoked by these two works of art?
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