Needless to Say

The Needless to Say portfolio consists of five graphics with titles that are important for the interpretation of the whole: Careless, Toothless, Priceless, Speechless and Fearless. These words, which also appear as scattered typography within the prints, serve many functions, three of which are crucial for the author. First of all, they define the heroine of the portfolio – the author's several-month-old daughter – Irenka. Secondly, they may also refer to emotions between the child and parents when new relationships begin to be built between them. Thirdly, they constitute an interesting typographic counterpoint to the recurring main motif of all the graphics – scattered, large and colourful pins or needles.

The motif of pins and needles has appeared in the artist's works for a long time. The rescaling of a banal object introduces the viewer to a world that is "conventional" and, to some extent, is a stage setting where the relationship between the creator and the viewer takes place. Enlarged pins can become sharp tools or even weapons in the hands of one or the other. They can also be used to pin a selected word to attract the attention of the viewer/reader for a longer time. The scattered pins are also intended to remind us of randomness – an important feature of every creative process.

Colophon of the print portfolio Needless to Say

Text: Honza Zamojski

Project manager: Yasmín Martín Vodopivec

Project coordinator: Petra Klučar

Master printmaker: Jakob Puh

Five screenprints. Dimensions: 49 × 34.5 cm.

Printed in 2024 on Pergraphica Classic Rough 300 g/m2 paper in an edition of 1–20.

Published by the International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC), Ljubljana, represented by Nevenka Šivavec.

Printed in the MGLC Print Studio.