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John Buck
Crystal Lake

2001

About the Item

Color woodcut, Edition 15. John Buck is both a sculptor and a printmaker. He works with two interrelated bodies of work: carved wood, assemblage and bronze sculptures, and large, multicolored woodblock prints. Since beginning his collaboration with Bud Shark in 1983, Buck has explored the expressive possibilities of woodblock in more than 40 different prints. Using a pen, a nail or his fingernail, Buck incises the wood planks that form the base and background of his prints with images and symbols drawn from the daily news, from his own sculpture and from nature. Embedded in this active visual field is a large, carved image, often a figure, but he has also depicted a jar full of fireflies, an eagle, or a subtly colored moth. The relationship between these two elements first engages the viewer in an appreciation of the beauty of the graphic quality in the print and then begins a conversation about our world and our place in it.
  • Creator:
    John Buck (1946, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2001
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 62 in (157.48 cm)Width: 37 in (93.98 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Lyons, CO
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU32422088993

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