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Marc BalakjianIn the Silence of Passing Years1981
1981
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This image is an artist proof XII / XII. The artist's subject matter was enigmatic: a recurring theme was that of anonymous packages tied with knots of rope; sometimes there are prison bars in the background or piles of planks leaning against each other. The images are disturbing in their ambiguity.
Award-winning artist and printmaker who resurrected the obscure medium of mezzotint, once popular for reproducing Constables and Turners
Armenian by descent, Marc Balakjian was raised in Lebanon. He spent his early years in the small town of Rayak, before moving to Beirut at the age of 10. He came to England in 1966, initially to study architecture with a firm in Oxford. He then decided to study art at Hammersmith College of Art. Balakjian took up a postgraduate degree in printmaking at the Slade School of Art in 1971 and after graduating began working at Studio Prints in 1973, just as it was establishing itself in Queen’s Crescent. By 1976 he became a full time partner, collaborating with other artists as well as continuing his own work, much of which is inspired by his Armenian and Lebanese culture and heritage. He also was the printer on the works of Lucian Freud
- Creator:Marc Balakjian (1938 - 2017, Armenian)
- Creation Year:1981
- Dimensions:Height: 14.63 in (37.17 cm)Width: 22.5 in (57.15 cm)
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- Gallery Location:New Orleans, LA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU84133504161
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