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Birgit BlythNo. 2, Cubes (Abstract Cameraless Photograph with checknboard motif, Framed)2009
2009
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Abstract digital print on black/white photo paper
25.5 x 21.5 inches in custom black stained wood frame with black 8 ply mat and AR non glare glass
Pairs well with Ref: LU2272395053
These energetic prints are digital copies of original handmade monoprints by photographer Birgit Blyth. Without the use of a camera, the artist produced the original chromoskedasic image by painting with the photographic chemicals directly onto black and white photo pager and exposing it to light. The rich black, faded gold, and crisp white tones are determined by the different chemicals used and the amount of time they are exposed to light. In this piece, Blyth painted gestural, intersecting lines to create a grid-like pattern that falls back in space.
About the artist and work:
Birgit Blyth is one of our most innovative and prolific photographers who works in a darkroom yet uses no camera! Blyth has been experimenting with a technique known as Chromoskedasic painting since the early ‘90s and variations on this concept have been shown at the gallery for the last 20 years. The unusual process involves the use of silver particles in black and white photographic paper to scatter light at different wavelengths when exposed. A chemist of sorts, Blyth demonstrates a thorough knowledge of how the various photographic chemicals will react when applied to paper and exposed. Each work is unique with palettes that resonate brilliant tonalities of brown, green, black, and purple. Using this technique, Blyth creates abstract crosshatching grids and most recently has developed a more gestural series of 20 x 16 inch chromoskedasic paintings that explores the ethereal qualities made possible by the unconventional material. Birgit Blyth succeeds at keeping her work fresh and cutting-edge using analog methods that are being quickly replaced elsewhere with digital technology.
Artist Resume:
Born: Kousted, Denmark
Resident in U.S.A. since 1963
Education:
Denmark and U.S.A.
Project, Inc., Cambridge MA (Photography)
DeCordova Museum School, Lincoln MA (Printmaking)
Maine Photography Workshop, Rockport ME (Photography)
Boston Museum School (Photography and Printmaking)
Member of:
Cambridge Art Association
Photographic Resource Center, Boston MA
Concord Art Association, Distinguished Artist Member since 1988
Co-founder of CAMERADA (Critique group of 6 photographers), 1978-
Shows with CAMERADA:
University Place, Cambridge, 1998
University Place, Cambridge, 1994
Cornelius Wood Gallery, Middlesex School, Concord, 1993
Concord Art Association, 1989
Juliani Gallery, MBCC, Wellesley, 1988
Newton Free Library, 1987
Cambridge Art Association, 1984
Concord Library, 1982
Project, Inc., Cambridge, 1980
Solo Shows Carrie Haddad Photographs, Hudson, NY, 2010
Group Shows:
Carroll & Sons, Boston, "Drawing Project," 2009 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY, 2008 Haddad Lascano Gallery, 2007 GASP (Gallery Artist Studio Projects), Brookline, MA, 2007 Welles Gallery, Lenox, MA, 2006 Concord Art Association, 2005 Higgins Art Gallery, Barnstable, MA, 2005 BF Gallery, Boston, 2005 Haddad Lascano Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA, 2005 Cambridge Art Association (3 Person show), 2002 Concord Art Association, March, 2002
New England Photographers 2001, Danforth Museum, Framingham, 2001
Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, December 2000
Cambridge Art Association, National Invitational show, 2000
Fuller Museum, Brockton, 9th Triennial, 1999
Cambridge Art Association, members’ show (1st prize, prints), 1998
Cambridge Art Association, National Invitational show (1st prize, prints), 1998
Spazi Gallery, Housatonic MA, 1994
New England Photographers 1994, Danforth Museum, Framingham, 1994
Cambridge Art Association (Juror’s citation), 1994
Albany Center of the Arts, Albany, N.Y., 1990
Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center (4 person show), 1986
Cambridge Art Association (4 person show), 1984
Cambridge Art Association, 1983
Project, Inc., Cambridge, 1981
Cambridge Art Association, 1979
Pratt Institute, N.Y., 1979
Museum School, Boston, 1978
Project, Inc., Cambridge, 1976
Panopticon Gallery, New England Photographers, 1976
Residencies Artist Proof Studio, Johannesburg, South Africa 1996 Pinhole and alternative photography 1997 Photography and Silkscreen 1998 Photography and waterless lithography 2000 Printmaking 2004 Pinhole and alternative photography 2005 Black and white photography 2006 Alternative photography 2007 Alternative photography 2008 Alternative photography
Northern Territory University, Darwin, Australia 2001 Pinhole and alternative photography; car battery etching "Out of the Dump" Project, Guatemala City 2000 Alternative photography
Visiting Artist: 1996 School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Paper making; alternative photography 2000 School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Chromoskedasik alternative photography 2001 Interlaken School of Art (IS 183), Stockbridge, MA; Alternative photography 2003 Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA; Alternative photo processing
Publications:
The Mothers’ Book, ed. Ronnie Friedland and Carol Kort. Boston, 1981 Speaking of Galbraith, by Peggy Lamson. Boston, 1991 New Dimensions in Photo Processes, by Laura Blacklow, 4th edition, 2006
- Creator:Birgit Blyth (Danish)
- Creation Year:2009
- Dimensions:Height: 25.5 in (64.77 cm)Width: 21.5 in (54.61 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Hudson, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2272395033
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