Rupert T Deese
Array 350/Blue
2006

About the Item

"Array 350/Blue" is an original woodcut print by Rupert Deese. It is printed in a limited edition of 20 on Arches Cover paper from a woodblock hand-cut by the artist. The paper size is 19" x 19" and the diameter of the image is 350 mm, whence the title. This print is one of a larger group of prints by Deese titled "Array", an ambitious project published by Manneken Press. Consisting of 20 circular woodcut prints by Rupert Deese, the Array project, which commenced with the publication of Array 700 in 2005, followed by Array 350 and Array 500 in 2006, culminated in the publication of Array 1000 in 2012. In each of the Array prints, Deese divides the space of the circle into unique tiling patterns, using nine equal radial divisions. He then sub-divides these pie shapes into equal areas using additional radial lines and inscribed circles. While essentially abstract, the Array images have a tangential relationship to the landscape and watersheds of the upper Merced and Tuolumne Rivers in California, an area beloved by the artist which has inspired much of his artistic output. An earlier eponymous sequence of monochrome painted objects that accurately model the topographical shapes of this landscape was the genesis of the tiling patterns, and the Array opus can be seen as a continued meditation on the configuration of this geography.

Creator:

Rupert T Deese (1952, American)

Creation Year:

2006

Dimensions:

Height: 19 in (48.26 cm)Width: 19 in (48.26 cm)

More Editions & Sizes:

Edition of 20Price: $900

Medium:

Woodcut

Movement & Style:

Minimalist