Walk and Talk

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
Artist Statement

I make paintings to tell stories about the lives of women, rooted in the concept of personal narrative and inherently tied to the feminine realm. Depictions of modern female friendships, my family, and women in singular moments of self-reflection and celebration seek to depict my core values of social connection, time spent outdoors, and finding beauty in the every-day. Whether capturing a glance, walking a dog, or daydreaming, each figures’ actions reveal a narrative, often absorbed in quiet moments of daily living. Recently I have focused on the ways in which figures occupy outdoor spaces, such as scenes from my block, the garden, or a car. Pattern and color, incorporated through clothing, accessories such as sunglasses, jewelry, and cell phones add texture and reference current cultural fashion and icons. My style tends to be bold and graphic, with formal elements employing light and reflections to create specific moods. I hope to unlock the extraordinary in everyday scenes.

Why We Love It

We’ve released this edition to coincide with Wurzel’s solo exhibition—Snapshots— at Praise Shadows, a new(ish) Boston-area gallery with an ambitious program and an ethos that resonates with our own mission here at 20x200. (Go see it if you can!) The exhibition includes the original 48”x48” oil on canvas version of Walk and Talk along with many other recent works by Wurzel. In the gallery’s release for the show, they describe her work as ”akin to the snapshots that capture the fabric of a time, a place, a moment.” These snapshots are indeed glimpses into a world that is very much Wurzel’s own, but consider their intense familiarity a call to action. Everyone’s everyday is worthy of close observation and celebration, and that includes your own!

Details

+ Limited-edition, exclusive to 20x200
+ Museum quality: archival inks, 100% cotton rag paper unless noted
+ Signed + numbered certificate of authenticity included
+ 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

Innova Soft White Cotton IFA 15

8"x8" | edition of 10
11"x11" | edition of 100
16"x16" | edition of 25
24"x24" | edition of 10
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.