Nervous Electricity — Michael Hambouz

Nervous Electricity — Michael Hambouz

Michael Hambouz makes lenticular paintings painted on a wood substrate; his frequent subjects include the spines of record covers on his studio music storage shelf.

Haven Press approached Michael with the invitation to collaborate on a published edition, and they dreamt up a new technique and format for the artist's process. Paper and screen printing were introduced with the intention of translating the work from a flat printed sheet of paper to a vividly colored, three-dimensional substrate formed through the use of traditional book-arts and paper handling techniques. The work is lenticular – viewable from three angles, providing three subtly different experiences. It invites the viewer to engage with it and creates a body movement.

PROCESS: 15-Color Screen Print on Somerset Velvet, stitched into a lenticular form with linen thread; mounted to 4-ply museum board, cradled in custom matte white poplar shadow boxes.

DIMENSIONS: 30.25" W x 20.6" H x 1.5" D (Framed Dimensions) 29.5" W x 19.75" H x 0.75" D (Art Dimensions)

EDITIONS: Signed Edition of 45

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Nervous Electricity is a publication of Haven Press and is for sale in our store.

Michael Hambouz

Michael Hambouz is a visual artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. Hambouz uses multi-dimensional perspectives, layering, and shadows as tools to translate the collision of real and familiar spaces and objects with those of the unreal as observed in day/night dreams, as well as a means for exploring unexpected interventions experienced with unseen forces.

@mhambouz