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2018 - ongoing
All prints are
hand-pulled woodcut prints(Oil-based ink on Cloud-dragon handmade paper)
2018 - ongoing
Polluta Propaganda Woodcuts (2018 - ) are a collection of 99 woodcuts that portray the artist’s imaginary futuristic ecotopian artist colony “Polluta”. The body of work is composed in three phases. The point of departure for Phase I (2018 - 2023) is China’s New Woodcut Movement in the 1930s and 1940s, whereas Phase II (2023 - present) is heavily drawn from Japanese historic ukiyo-e prints. Phase III (future project) will be a collection of architectural wood carvings portraying Polluta’s ever-shifting appearance.
Phase I: Welcome to Polluta! (2018-2023)
Phase II: Power to the Animals (2023 - ongoing)
Phase III (future project)
"By using woodblock printing Michelle Fung has become a master of her art [...] That sharp intelligence like the tools she uses in making her woodblocks means her art is much more than an intellectual exercise. It comes from both head and heart.
Full of soul and beautifully crafted with the addition of a jazz like sense of improvisation, her work is absolutely unique.
"Norman deBrackinghe, Photographer
"I am now coming to view your woodcuts not as JUST images to be looked at, but as
works that must also be read/deciphered, consistent and appropriate with your ascribing
them as being "compositions". Looking forward to viewing/reading more of the Polluta Propaganda, as conveyed via your growing Polluta Animal Woodcut Collection."
James Yopp, Microbiologist