05/08/2025
Hannah Quinlan & Rosie Hastings have been commissioned by The Hepworth Wakefield to create this year’s School Prints edition.
The lithograph, Angelus Novus, 2025 takes its title from the artists’ recent fresco of the same name. It depicts two androgynous figures, dressed as angels, walking towards the viewer, away from a building with windows taped with white crosses, hinting that it is set during a period of war. In their paintings, the artist duo often explore and reflect on different moments in history in a playful way.
They describe the angels as guardians of time, watching and learning from the past in order to help make the future better.
Quinlan & Hastings selected this work for School Prints because the original programme, which was established in the 1940s during a period of rebuilding post-war, gave an interesting new context to the work.
Profits raised from the sale of this edition support the School Prints in-depth engagement programme.
Helping to fulfil our ambition that every child in Wakefield has a meaningful experience with art before they leave primary school.
Hannah Quinlan & Rosie Hastings
Angelus Novus, 2025
8-colour lithographic print on 300 gsm Somerset satin white paper
Edition of 40
Signed and numbered by the artists
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