Donald Baechler, Szechuan Garden, 2003:
Medium: Aquatint and soft-ground etching.
Sheet size: 27 x 34 inches.
Edition of 35 (30 + 5 artists proofs).
Hand-signed, dated and numbered on bottom of sheet.
Printed on Hanhnemuhle paper.
Ungerahmt.
Acquired directly from publisher.
Artist Biography:
Donald Baechler, a member of the East Village art scene in 1980s New York, is known for his painting-collage-drawing works depicting of childhood imagery and nostalgic ephemera like grammar school primers, old maps, and children’s drawings, or purposely cliché motifs such as skulls, roses, and a soccer balls. Although critics have suggested that Baechler’s work, reminiscent of Jean Dubuffet, is a critique of innocence and sincerity, Baechler sees himself as an abstract artist whose concerns are primarily formal, rooted in line, shape, color, and composition. A 2011 solo exhibition included bronze sculptures...
Kategorie
21. Jahrhundert und zeitgenössisch Pop-Art Donald Baechler Druckgrafiken und Multiples
MaterialienRadierung, Aquatinta
