#RAMPSOFDISTINCTION

Name/Title

#RAMPSOFDISTINCTION

Entry/Object ID

2023.1.55

Description

Series of 15 risograph giclee prints of illustrations depicting wheelchair ramps, both real and imagined.

Type of Print

Digital Print

Made/Created

Artist

E.T. Russian

Date made

2021

Dimensions

Dimension Description

overall

Height

36 in

Width

87-1/2 in

Copyright

Copyright Holder

E.T. Russian

Interpretative Labels

Label

Russian created #RAMPSOFDISTINCTION as a hashtag to highlight wheelchair ramps that are functional, beautiful, or interesting. Ramps can be elegant pathways connecting different levels, yet stairs are the architectural priority. Some of Russian's ramps are real and some are imagined.

Label

I created the hashtag #RAMPSOFDISTINCTION to highlight wheelchair ramps that are not just functional, but beautiful or interesting in some way. The ramps don’t have to be fancy, but something that someone took care with. This series of risograph prints that I have created is of ramps that I’ve seen, as well as ramps that I have imagined. I collected these prints into a comic book. This project was featured in the 2021 Bellevue Art Museum Biennial and the 2022 Seattle Architecture show Junction. This series is now on permanent exhibition in the Washington State Convention Center.