An Interview with Artist and Editor Anne Desmet Which Anne Are You Today?
Babel Flowers Babel Flowers, Anne Desmet’s current show at the Hart Gallery in London is an excellent excuse for us to chat with this extraordinary artist, editor and woman. Anne’s work for this exhibit centers on a recurring theme for her, the Tower of Babel. She explains: “The silent passage of time, with its gradual evolutionary impact on towns and buildings, has long been the underlying theme of my work. Following a Rome Scholarship in printmaking (1989-90), my wood engravings and linocuts remain directly inspired by the multi-layered nature of cities and the way in which ancient edifices quietly reaffirm their relevance amidst the buzz of 21st century living. “My collages use fragments from proofs of my prints, combined with drawing, gold leaf, bits of redundant banknotes and other materials, to develop invented cityscapes and a succession of diverse towers: from precariously teetering, Pisa-like ones, to volcano-shaped Babel towers. The focus of my work shifts back and forth betw
