Faculty of Art
Printmaking & Publications
Derek Berry
Two Red Lines
2026
Woodblock print on Japanese paper
42"x 78"
.A large woodblock print of two gradient red lines that are printed from reliefs of covid tests. This print came to be from the potent resurgence of my obsessive-compulsive disorder due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic as well as it's continuing debilitation up to present day. This work intends to exemplify the all-encompassing and distressing intrusive thoughts that have plagued myself since the pandemics inception and my difficulties navigating a post-pandemic world that wishes to forget the past 6 years entirely.
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Derek Berry
Printmaking and Publications
“Intrusive thoughts are the misaligned, abrupt and taboo mental absurdities that we all experience. These intrusions vary in frequency and intensity between each person that can lead to distress,...” [More]
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