| Visiting Printmaker: Peter Marcus |  |
Feb 6, 2007
Visit from Monday Feb. 5th to Wednesday Feb. 7th
Peter Marcus creates large-scale experimental prints inspired by and based on architecture. He has always favored intaglio printing, referring to any image created from a recessed design in a plate, and has used this as a base for experimentation, often combining digital photography with his prints. His innovative technique of bonding coated paper to canvas permits his large-scale presentation without the distortion of glazing, a technique that challenges the distinction between printmaking and painting. Complex patterns and textures draw the viewer into his work, with space-defining areas of color applied over primarily black-and-white collagraphs, a form of intaglio printing related to engraving and etching. Marcus' pieces are about combining opposites, being large while, at the same time, intimate and geometric while organic. |
