Title: |
Mohawk |
Artist: |
Torlakson, James (San Francisco, California, Born,
1951) |
Date: |
c. 1980 |
Medium: |
Original Aquatint Engraving & Etching |
Note: |
James Torlakson: A leading American photo-realist
printmaker and painter, James Torlakson received his B. F. A. (1969-73)
and M. A. (1973-74) from the San Francisco State University. His art
was first formaly exhibited in 1971 and since that time he has distinguished
himself in the mediums of watercolor, oil and aquatinting. Drawn to
imagery of the environment around us, he states, |
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I am not interested in how closely I can mimic
physical images in paint, but rather in how I can change and distort
them to suit my personal aesthetic. When I paint an image, I break
it down in my mind and put it back together in the second dimension
as if it were a puzzle. The pieces of the puzzle are the compositional
elements of shape, texture, light, value, hue, line, etc. If the
elements are assembled harmoniously, the painting will function
well as both an abstract composition and a realistic image. *
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During the past thirty years Torlakson's paintings and
aquatints have been the subject of exhibitions at the Carnegie Institute,
Pittsburg, Galerie Jurka, Amsterdam, Netherlands, the Achenbach Foundation
for the Graphic Arts, California, the Palace of the Legion of Honor,
San Francisco, and elsewhere. Today his fine art is included in the
following public collections; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,
the Carnegie Institute, the New York Public Library, the Detroit Art
Institute, the Chicago Art Institute and the Libary of Congress, Washington,
DC. |
Reference: |
* James Torlakson, Artist, http://www.torlakson.com/ |
Edition: |
Limited edition of fifty impressions, numbered 46/50. |
Size: |
4 X 9 (Sizes in inches are approximate,
height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
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Price: $285.00 US |
Condition: |
Printed upon hand-made, laid paper and with full, deckled
margins as published in the limited edition of fifty impressions. Signed
in pencil by the artist and numbered '46/50' along the lower margin.
A finely printed impression and in excellent condition throughout. Mohawk
represents a striking, original example of the contemporary art of James
Torlakson. |
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