Really delighted to
have Purgatory (see also previous post) chosen* for this exhibition.
Good to have something on show in the run up to City of Culture next
year. So please pay a visit if you can.
Unlike the Rugby Open, Coventry allows you to add a few words by way of
description/explanation. So I wrote this: “Waiting Room. Purgatory
on earth. Is this what waiting for St Peter will be like? How do you
jump the queue?” No idea what they'll do with that. We shall see.
This is the biggest
print I've done so far, and was to some degree a test of the limits
of my press. The image is 48cm x 35cm, printed on to A2. If I wanted
to go bigger, I'd have to go for the spoon method, which could be
tiring.
There is an
art-historical inspiration which is this etching by Emil Orlik** from
about 1896 that I saw on sale towards the end of last year.
I've seen a couple
of examples of this print, one described the scene as a Theatre and
the other as Waiting Room. Anyway, its a group of disconnected people
sitting closely together. I didn't buy it as it was a bit expensive
for me, especially being an etching. Woodcuts are more my thing.
Anyway, it's still a great lesson in drawing, I think.
* When I went along to pick up the rejected print, I found out that 58 had been chosen from around 300 entries. Waaaaa!
* When I went along to pick up the rejected print, I found out that 58 had been chosen from around 300 entries. Waaaaa!
**Orlik was a
Jugendstil/Secessionist artist who, following the enthusiasm for
Japonisme, went to Japan around 1900 to learn about woodcut at the
feet of Japanese masters.
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