Paul Edmunds. The same but different. 2000
Paul Edmunds (South African, born 1970; lives Cape Town). The same but different. 2000. Linoleum cut. Composition: 71 x 37 5/8" (180.3 x 95.6 cm); sheet: 71 11/16 x 37 5/8" (182.1 x 95.6 cm). Publisher: the artist, Cape Town. Printer: Artist Proof Studio, Johannesburg. Edition: 10. Alexandra Herzan Fund, 2005. © 2011 Paul Edmunds
Paul Edmunds, a sculptor known for his labor-intensive, methodical approach to found objects, also experiments with the technical attributes of printmaking. Here a single uninterrupted line is a pulsating, hypnotic meditation on the process of incising a linoleum block. The six-foot high print was commissioned by Johannesburg-based artist and curator Clive van den Berg, who organized a series of annual exhibitions, titled Self (2000–02), that explored oversize linocut printing by artists who had rarely or never used the technique before.
