Collection: Spring Hurlbut

In 2016, Open Studio invited renowned artist Spring Hurlbut to work with master printer Kevin Haas on a new publishing print. The resulting project, La Bouche, saw Hurlbut respond to prints by Joyce Wieland held in the Open Studio archive, in which Wieland kissed the lithographic stone to mouth words to O Canada, and Squid Jiggin' Grounds. For La Bouche, Hurlbut created three lithograph and screenprint compositions, replicating Wieland's process of mouthing words directly onto the stone. While thematically tied to her 2010 series Shut Up, the three La Bouche prints by Hurlbut lighten the mood, adding a bit of 'lip' to contemporary art.