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Mebourne based printmaker Jazmina Cininas uses the complex process of reduction linocut to create her striking anthropomorphic images, drawing upon both her Lithuanian heritage and Australian upbringing. Her
Girlie Werewolf Project
has toured throughout Australia with great success. Here the much maligned Dingo, Eastern European werewolf mythology, and ideas about femininity combine.
Like the multiple layers of colours that comprise her technically brilliant prints, Cininas’ works contain a thematic depth and complexity that draws on centuries of myth making – including that of today. She writes of her work:
“The wolf’s history as a construct of the popular psyche more closely parallels the way women have been portrayed throughout the ages. Its classic identities as either the selfless nurturing mother (as in the Jungle Book and Romulus and Remus stories), the diabolical werewolf, and as the ravening man-eater respectively mirror the chaste wife, heretic witch and femme fatale archetypes traditionally reserved for representations of women.” - Jazmina Cininas “The Girlie Werewolf Project: Between the Wolf and the Dog” Catalogue, Impressions on Paper Gallery, 2006.
Cininas is represented in numerous private and public collections including the National Gallery of Australia, and the National Gallery of Victoria, where her series titled Lycanthropy survival hints recently featured in a major exhibition, Grotesque: The Diabolical and Fantastic in Art. Prizes include: Vincas & Genovaite Kazakos Award, 1998, 2005; Wyndham City Contemporary Art Prize, 2002; RMIT Faculty of Art and Design Award, 1994 amongst others.
In 2007 she will be having a solo exhibition at the Port Jackson Press Print Room.
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Cininas, Jazmina
A two-legged dingo stole Lindy's tears
Medium: Linocut
Image Size: 39.5cm (h) x 49.5cm (w)
$1740 inc GST
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Cininas, Jazmina
Angela Prefers the Company of Wolves
Medium: Linocut
Image Size: 49.5cm (h) x 47cm (w)
$1740 inc GST
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Cininas, Jazmina
Angelina enjoys her digital alter ego (turned on)
Medium: Linocut
Image Size: 20cm (h) x 20cm (w)
$385 inc GST
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Cininas, Jazmina
Ann of Meremoisa 1623
Medium: Linocut
Image Size: 62.5cm (h) x 43.5cm (w)
$1980 inc GST
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Cininas, Jazmina
Ann of Meremoisa. 14 Stage Bon a Tirer
Medium: Linocut
Image Size: 62.5cm (h) x 43.5cm (w)
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Cininas, Jazmina
Arline of Barioux, Auvergne 1588
Medium: Linocut
Image Size: 65cm (h) x 48cm (w)
$1980 inc GST
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Cininas, Jazmina
Christine sleeps on both sides of Grandma's bed
Medium: Linocut
Image Size: 52.8cm (h) x 71.8cm (w)
$1980 inc GST
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Cininas, Jazmina
Dingo Vilka
Medium: Linocut
Image Size: 23cm (h) x 23cm (w)
$410 inc GST
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Cininas, Jazmina
Else of Meersburg c 1450
Medium: Linocut
Image Size: 24.5cm (h) x 35cm (w)
$520 inc GST
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Cininas, Jazmina
Hunting Lindy
Medium: Linocut
Image Size: 24.5cm (h) x 20.5cm (w)
$410 inc GST
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Cininas, Jazmina
Lithuanian werewolf suit for girls
Medium: Linocut
Image Size: life sizecm (h) x cm (w)
$1300 inc GST
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Cininas, Jazmina
Lydia's humanity is mostly prosthetic
Medium: Linocut
Image Size: 22cm (h) x 22.2cm (w)
$410 inc GST
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Cininas, Jazmina
Maki is not afraid of werewolves, either
Medium: Linocut
Image Size: 20cm (h) x 20cm (w)
$410 inc GST
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Cininas, Jazmina
Never Mistake a Wolf for a Fox
Medium: Linocut
Image Size: 49.5cm (h) x 37.5cm (w)
$1210 inc GST
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Cininas, Jazmina
Never Mistake a Wolf for a Fox 1 and 2
Medium: Linocut
Image Size: 45cm (h) x 36.5cm (w)
$2420 inc GST
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Cininas, Jazmina
One wolf girl battles against all mankind
Medium: Linocut
Image Size: 44.5cm (h) x 60cm (w)
$1740 inc GST
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Cininas, Jazmina
Rahne dreams of saving the world
Medium: Linocut
Image Size: 54cm (h) x 56.5cm (w)
$1740 inc GST
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Cininas, Jazmina
Rima knows the curse of being born on Christmas Eve
Medium: Linocut
Image Size: 70cm (h) x 56cm (w)
$1800 inc GST
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Cininas, Jazmina
Rue Dingo
Medium: Linocut
Image Size: 69cm (h) x 47cm (w)
$1485 inc GST
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Cininas, Jazmina
St Genevieve watches over Kiki, 2006
Medium: Linocut
Image Size: 38cm (h) x 28cm (w)
$520 inc GST
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Cininas, Jazmina
Survival Hint # 1
Medium: Linocut
Image Size: 14.5cm (h) x 19.5cm (w)
$385 inc GST
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Cininas, Jazmina
Survival Hint #10
Medium: Linocut
Image Size: 14.5cm (h) x 19cm (w)
$385 inc GST
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Cininas, Jazmina
Survival Hint #2
Medium: Linocut
Image Size: 14.5cm (h) x 19cm (w)
$385 inc GST
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Cininas, Jazmina
Survival Hint #3
Medium: Linocut
Image Size: 14.5cm (h) x 19cm (w)
$385 inc GST
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Cininas, Jazmina
Survival Hint #4
Medium: Linocut
Image Size: 14.5cm (h) x 19cm (w)
$385 inc GST
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