Imagine Alice... Prints by Margot Bittenbender

Silvermine

Margot Bittenbender

Imagine Alice...

October 14 - November 10, 2018

“Imagine Alice…” …falling into a Japanese Wonderland Alice surprised me by showing up in a Japanese translation at a museum store in Kanazawa in Western Japan. (I knew her by the standard Tennial illustrations, since, although I speak some Japanese, I don’t begin to read.) And there she was everywhere in Japan: in oil paintings by serious artists, in imaginative dioramas by children’s book illustrators, in pert little manga cartoons and everywhere in popular culture (including an Alice Café where a costumed waitress served me a drink with a lit sparkler in the glass, and graciously wished me a “Happy Un-Birthday”).

I wondered, then, about Alice herself. What sort of wonderland might she find in Japan if that rabbit hole had opened up there instead of England?

Stately mums with origami butterflies…a Japanese Jabberwock in a bamboo forest…a magical mushroom kimono…all the sorts of surreal we would expect, and others, besides.

My Alice and I went walking through Japan together, observing and dreaming, seeing the real and the unreal. For me, art is always a combination of experience and imagination, planned and serendipitous, and Alice was a wonderful companion in that journey.

Margot Bittenbender October, 2018

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Landscape with Two Moons (Japan) Intaglio print w/hand-coloring, 24” x 18”, Framed $850, Unframed $650

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Alice in Japan: Folded Butterflies Intaglio print w/hand-coloring, 24� x 18�, Framed $850, Unframed $650

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A Kimono for Alice Intaglio print w/hand-coloring, 24� x 18�, Framed $850, Unframed $650

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Go Ask Alice (Magical Mushroom Kimono) Intaglio print w/hand-coloring, 24” x 18”, Framed $850, Unframed $650

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A Kimono for White Rabbit Intaglio and paper lithography, 24� x 18�, Framed $850, Unframed $650

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Garden Kimono for White Rabbit Intaglio print w/chine collé, 24” x 18”, Framed $850, Unframed $650

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Alice’s Pool of Tears Kimono Intaglio print w/chine collé, 24” x 18”, Framed $850, Unframed $650

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Painting the Roses Red Intaglio print w/hand-coloring, 15� x 12�, Framed $350, Unframed $250

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Down, Down, Down Paper lithography mounted on Japanese scroll, 56” x 13.5”, $750

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Magic Mushrooms (6 pieces) Intaglio prints w/hand-coloring, 40� x 26�, Framed $1,100, Unframed $900

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Paper Birds in a Paper Tree Intaglio print w/chine collé, 24” x 18”, Framed $850, Unframed $650

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A Flock of Paper Birds Intaglio print, 24” x 18”, Framed $850, Unframed $650

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Landscape with Two Dolls and a Castle Intaglio print, 18” x 24”, Framed $850, Unframed $650

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Knave of Hearts Intaglio print w/chine collé, 18” x 24”, Framed $850, Unframed $650

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Alice is a Doll Intaglio print w/chine collé, 12” x 9”, Framed $300, Unframed $200

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Alice Blue Intaglio print w/chine collé, 9” x 12”,Framed $300, Unframed $200

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“Oh, my ears and whiskers, it’s getting late!”

Intaglio print, 24” x 18”, Framed $850, Unframed $650

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Alice in Japan: Next Move Intaglio print, 24” x 18”, Framed $850, Unframed $650

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Alice and the Caterpillar Intaglio Print (4 pcs),50” x 28”, Mounted set $2,800, Unmounted set $2,200

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Mt. Fuji Reflected as a Fan Mixed media print, 24” x 18”, Framed $850, Unframed $650

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Reverie Intaglio print w/chine collé, 9” x 12”, Framed print $250, Unframed $150,

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“Through the Looking Glass Intaglio print w/chine collé, 12” x 18”, Framed $400, Unframed $300

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Jabberwock in a Bamboo Forest Intaglio print, 24” x 18”, Framed $850, Unframed $650

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Whose Party Is It Anyway?

Mixed media print, 24” x 26”, Framed $950, Unframed $750

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Alice in Japan: Tea Party Intaglio print w/chine collé, 18” x 24.25”, Framed $900, Unframed $700

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