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Mental Load

Helena Wurzel
$40.00
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Frames ship to U.S. addresses only. Framed prints ship in 2–4 weeks and are final sale. Full framing details

Add Custom Frame

Frames ship to U.S. addresses only. Framed prints ship in 2–4 weeks and are final sale. Full framing details

Add Custom Frame

Frames ship to U.S. addresses only. Framed prints ship in 2–4 weeks and are final sale. Full framing details

Add Custom Frame

Frames ship to U.S. addresses only. Framed prints ship in 2–4 weeks and are final sale. Full framing details

Add Custom Frame

Frames ship to U.S. addresses only. Framed prints ship in 2–4 weeks and are final sale. Full framing details
Artist Statement

I wanted this to encompass what my mental load actually looks like. I use post-it notes and stick them to my computer so that I can remember all of my TO-DO’s. I also tend to write things down as I think of them, hence the beginning of a grocery list on the collage within the collage scrap. My studio desk is the stage as a way of showing that my life informs my work. Lastly, the political backdrop of what is at stake in the upcoming election has been on my mind. As soon as I saw Taylor Swift’s endorsement for the Harris/Waltz campaign, I knew that I needed to include  both Kamala and Taylor in the painting. When it comes to issues like women’s reproductive rights, the personal could not be more political in this moment. Vote Blue!

Why We Love It

With Kamala Harris's campaign compositionally centered on Helena Wurzel's laptop and iPhone screens, Mental Load is the perfect answer to Harris's call to "Do Something!" —and we're proud to announce that it is 20x200's second benefit edition in support of Vote Forward. We'll be donating 20% of all net profits from this open edition* to Vote Forward through October 15th, the final day the print will be available. Why is it only available through October 15th? Because this is urgent and the time is now to get involved!

Utilizing her signature approach to depicting images from women’s lives by wielding flat areas of paint in an electrifyingly vibrant palette, the piece depicts Wurzel’s current workspace. From the thermos, which brilliantly protrudes from the frame, to the classic orange-handled scissors and scribbled notes to self, Mental Load—our twelfth edition with the beloved artist—is instantly relatable and viscerally alive.

Wurzel's Mental Load looks like the mental load many of us are carrying these days. Yet her depiction of it is far more galvanizing than discouraging. Albeit busy, her space is bursting with color and activity; she's experimenting with new shapes and developing new ideas. Let yourself get caught up in her momentum and bring her energy into your home, all while supporting both the artist and the 2024 Harris campaign.

*Please note: As this print is an open edition, it will not be shipped with a signed Certificate of Authenticity. 

Details

+ Exclusive to 20x200
+ Museum quality: archival inks, 100% cotton rag paper unless noted
+ Directly supports the artist
+ Handcrafted custom-framing is available

Our quoted dimensions are for the size of paper containing the images, not the printed image itself. We do not alter the aspect ratio, nor do we crop or resize the artists’ originals. All of our prints have a minimum border of .5 inches to allow for framing.

Medium

Inkpress Duo Matte

+ This edition is only available through October 15th, 2024.
+ Please note: As this print is an open edition, it will not be shipped with a signed Certificate of Authenticity.

Artist - Helena Wurzel

Helena Wurzel

Helena Wurzel is a painter, educator, wife, and mother. She received her undergraduate degree from Brown University in 2003 and received her MFA from Boston University in 2007. She had a solo show at Praise Shadows Gallery in 2023 and was in group shows at Virginia MOCA and Saatchi Gallery in London. She was commissioned to paint a contemporary Presidential Portraiture for Bowdoin College and her work is now in their museum collection. In 2024, she was featured in an interview with NYT bestselling author Maggie Smith. The artist lives and works in Cambridge, MA.