Upcoming Art Show: Portraits of Christ
Back in March I told you about an art show I am having on January 7th in Hastings, Nebraska. I meant to write about it more regularly and document the process, but that didn’t work out. Maybe I can make up for it as I cram for the show which is rapidly approaching.
Partly because I am a designer, and partly because I need to start promoting the show in the next few weeks, today I worked on the posters and postcards. The theme of my show is: “Portraits of Christ: recent work by Adrian Hanft, III.” The posters are printed on old prints of Christian paintings. My friend Tony was kind enough to give me a stack of over 200 of these prints that were most likely used for Sunday school lessons. About 100 of them contained a picture of Jesus, and I have been appropriating some of these images in my work. It seemed natural to use these prints as the posters.
The size of the posters are going to be 8.5 x 15. I printed a white frame around the face of Jesus in the poster and printed the show info at the bottom. Each poster is individually numbered and signed. I am planning on having 50 posters and 50 postcards. The fun thing about the posters is that aside from some doubles, they are all going to be different. You can see the first four of them above, and you can click on them for a larger version. If I don’t know you and you are interested in receiving a postcard or a poster, contact me and I will see what I can do.
