Weighed/Wanting (State I)
June Wayne, Burning Helix Series
38 x 23 in. (96,5 x 58,4 cm)
Lithograph printed by Serge Lozingot on Rives with Tamarind watermark.
1970
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Zimmerli Art Museum, 2003; Gimpel and Weitzenhoffer, 1972; Musée International de l’Imagerie; Phone Associates and Grunwald Foundation, 1970-1.
COLLECTIONS
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Brodsky Center, Grunwald Center, Victoria and Albert Museum.
COMMENTS
This lithograph makes reference to our “genetic verdict”. The DNA necklace in the upper quadrant complements the series of Xs in the lower section “the spine of the double helix structure of the DNA molecule.” In “Verdict” Wayne reflects as to how our genetic codes influence us “even as we are experiencing ecstasy or disaster.”
Wayne states with some irony: “We think we know a lot about ourselves, including insights into our own molecules. We even try to manipulate them.”
