ArtistJun Lee
Whisper and Wait
Date2020
Medium4 Color Reduction Woodcut
DimensionsImage Size: 30 × 43 in. (76.2 × 109.2 cm)
Framed Size: 38 1/4 × 52 in. (97.2 × 132.1 cm)
Credit LineDC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Art Bank Collection
Object numberDCCAH2021.025
ClassificationsPrints
Locations
- Council Office of Racial Equity (1350 Penn Avenue NW, 6)
DescriptionJun Lee’s body of work evokes the different moments of our competitive lives, using animals as proxies for human beings. As she describes it, every victory is built upon the foundation of loss, suffering, effort, and sacrifice. Success depends on one’s willingness to continue the struggle after a defeat. Here, the rabbits represent a moment of waiting, anticipating, and regrouping, and they experience this moment together rather than alone. Lee’s woodcut process involves progressively carving a block of wood, resulting in only a single final print.
