Lorie Hamermesh
Hamermesh is a Boston-based artist who has officially returned from a 10 year hiatus.
Hamermesh’s past work suspended layers of fabric and acetate onto which have been printed, painted, and sewn images from the art canon and contemporary fashion. Undergarments, dresses, and ecstatic naked forms float under crowns of thorns, leaves, and stars. This work was an exploration of the meeting ground of sexuality and art history.
Hamermesh’s new work consists of prints that reveal feelings of vulnerability, desire, and shame. Through the process of making these prints, she simultaneously uncovered the painful feeling of shame and released herself from it.
This work is about being silenced, but it speaks in full volume.
Me Too (1), 2021, carborundum, watercolor, drypoint, ink, image: 39.5x24 " / paper: 43x27" Sold> Inquire Desire/Shame, 2021, carborundum, watercolor, drypoint, ink, image: 39x24 " / paper: 44x28" Sold> Inquire Shame, 2019, monoprint, watercolor, carborundum, 16x12" Sold> Inquire Anxiety (1), 2020, carborundum, watercolor, drypoint, ink, image: 24x24" / paper: 30.5x29"> Inquire Anxiety (2), 2020, carborundum, drypoint, ink, image: 24x24" / paper: 30.5x29" Sold> Inquire USA 2020, 2020, carborundum, watercolor, drypoint, ink, image: 24x24" / paper: 30.5x29"> Inquire Juggling, 2019, carborundum, watercolor, drypoint, ink, image: 29.5x22" / paper: 36.75x28"> Inquire Donny, 2019, carborundum, watercolor, ink, image: 19.75x24" / paper: 27x30"> Inquire Louboutins, 2020, carborundum, watercolor, ink, image: 22.5x24" / paper: 28x28" Sold> Inquire Inner Child, 2020, carborundum, watercolor, drypoint, ink, image: 24x28.25" / paper: 28x31.25" Sold> Inquire Me Too (2), 2018, chine-collé, carborundum, watercolor, drypoint, ink, image: 16x12" / paper: 25x20" Sold> Inquire Protect Me, 2019, carborundum, watercolor, drypoint, ink, image: 21x14.5" / paper: 27x30"> Inquire Under Wraps, 2018, watercolor, drypoint, ink, image: 16x12" / paper: 25x20" Sold> Inquire House On Fire (1), 2018, watercolor, ink, image: 16x12" / paper: 25x20"> Inquire House On Fire (2), 2018, carborundum, watercolor, ink, image: 16x12" / paper: 25x20" Sold> Inquire Loss (1), 2019, chine-collé, watercolor, ink, image: 18x12" / paper: 25x18" Sold> Inquire Loss (2), 2019, chine-collé, watercolor, ink, image: 18x12" / paper: 25x18" Sold> Inquire Shhh, 2018, carborundum, watercolor, ink, image: 16x12" / paper: 25x19.5" Sold> Inquire Caged, 2018, chine-collé, carborundum, watercolor, drypoint, ink, image: 16x12" / paper: 25x20"> Inquire Silenced, 2018, chine-collé, watercolor, carborundum, drypoint, ink, image: 16x12" / paper: 25x20" Sold> Inquire Nocturne III, 2021, monoprint with watercolor and carborundum, 11x30.5"> Inquire
Lorie Hamermesh
Hamermesh is a Boston-based artist who has officially returned from a 10 year hiatus.
Hamermesh’s past work suspended layers of fabric and acetate onto which have been printed, painted, and sewn images from the art canon and contemporary fashion. Undergarments, dresses, and ecstatic naked forms float under crowns of thorns, leaves, and stars. This work was an exploration of the meeting ground of sexuality and art history.
Hamermesh’s new work consists of prints that reveal feelings of vulnerability, desire, and shame. Through the process of making these prints, she simultaneously uncovered the painful feeling of shame and released herself from it.
This work is about being silenced, but it speaks in full volume.