Julia Samuels, America Street, 2019
Linocut
Plate size: 36 1/2” x 47 7/8”
Paper size: 38 7/8” x 50”
Edition of 25
Printed and published by the artist at Overpass Projects

This print shows the intersection of America and Federal Streets in Providence, RI, a neighborhood called Federal Hill. While it is a specific location, its title, America Street points to the idea that neighborhoods like these exist across our country.

Spacial perspective is enforced in the illustration of the road way and power lines leading to a far off vanishing point. The viewpoint is from inside a car, a symbol of our complaisance, addiction and daily contribution to global warming. and the foreground shows reflections off the dashboard.