Claudine Metrick

Claudine Metrick (New York, USA)

The First Spring, 2021

silkscreen, Kitakata paper, colored pencil, Dura-Lar, monofilament, split shot

75 x 70 x 24 inches

The First Spring consists of a silkscreen field of beech and maple leaves over which is suspended brightly colored Mourning Cloak butterflies drawn on Dura-Lar. The butterflies in the installation are harbingers of spring — some of the earliest signs of life after the winter thaw. The Mourning Cloaks were once a sign that the ground could be dug for graves, hence their name.