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Flora #2
by Christina Muraczewski

ARTIST STATEMENT

I’m obsessed, perhaps to an unhealthy degree, with organization. I respond to patterns because their organization gives me a sense of control over what I observe. I read design blogs everyday and obsess over any catalog I get in the mail that references or incorporates the patterns that somehow calm me.

This realization formed the basis of my love for design, especially textiles. Attending Cranbrook Academy of Art, I was immersed in great design (Charles and Ray Eames were residents there, and it was designed by Eliel Saarinen). Ever since, it has remained a huge part of my life. It’s an influence on my work that is impossible to deny.

Through referencing design, my work seeks to comment on and complicate notions surrounding modern consumer culture. My paintings usurp the imagery and objects found in Ikea, Crate & Barrel and Pottery Barn catalogs. Their familiar visual language is recognized by the viewer, but offered in an unusual setting and format—painting them onto a canvas.

The act of flattening the objects in those catalogs onto canvas takes away their practical use value, complicating and confusing the nature of the desire for the initial object.

My paintings subvert the sometimes tenuous relationship between art and design, viewer and consumer. By personalizing and reifying consumer forms, it critiques the modernist notion that experts are best at designing the thing which ought to be commercialized, distributed and purchased.

The goal of my work is for viewers to reconsider their relationship with design and commerce and to reappropriate the desire that those images, objects and patterns exert.

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Flora #2

by Christina Muraczewski

archival pigment print
available framed

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    • 8.5"x11" 24
      Add frame 115
      • Black Frame 115
      • White Frame, recommended 115
    • 11"x14" 60
      Add frame 185
      • Black Frame 185
      • White Frame, recommended 185
    • 17"x22" 240
      Add frame 490
      • Black Frame 490
      • White Frame, recommended 490
    • 30"x40" 2400
      Add frame 3200
      • Black Frame 3200
      • White Frame, recommended 3200

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ADDITIONAL PRINT INFORMATION

  • Limited-edition, exclusive to 20x200
  • Museum quality: archival inks, 100% cotton rag paper
  • Artist-signed + numbered certificate of authenticity included
  • Directly supports the artist
  • Available framed or print only

The original painting is 38″×50," acrylic and paint marker on canvas, and is available. Please email collector@20x200.com for more information.

These prints are created using archival pigment inks on 100% cotton rag paper with a matte finish.

Our quoted dimensions are for the size of paper containing the images, not the printed image itself. We do not alter the aspect ratio, nor do we crop or resize the artists’ originals. All of our prints have a minimum border of .5 inches to allow for framing.

We recommend a custom frame in white solid wood with UV protected plexiglass and a white archival mat. Please note: Framed art may take up to 4 weeks to ship. Available for U.S. orders only.

  • 8.5"x11" print offered in 14"x16.5" frame (3/4” front profile x 3/4” side profile)
  • 11"x14" print offered in 16.5"x19.5" frame (3/4” front profile x 3/4” side profile)
  • 17"x22" print offered in 22.5"x27.5" frame (3/4” front profile x 3/4” side profile)
  • 30"x40" print is dry mounted and framed to the image (3/4” front profile x 2” side profile), with spacers and enhanced UV plexi glass

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How to Frame Your Art

All of our prints have a minimum border of .25 inches to allow for framing. We do not alter the aspect ratio, crop or resize the artists' originals—quoted dimensions are for the size of paper containing the image, not the printed image itself. For exact image sizes and more helpful info, view our framing guides: