Absence/Presence

Description:	linoleum block print. 3.75 on Mulberry paper. Edition of 5. As a landscape based artist this has been a difficult process from the start. After more than six months of contemplation, with many ideas and sketches being tossed around that were far removed from my current body of work, I returned to the landscape. In the end I stayed true to my artistic practice and incorporated three themes that I have been working with recently; Rorschach landscapes, small circular prints and the presence of old factories and other signs of industrial decay within the natural world.The first breakthrough occurred when I made the connection between the title of the show, Absence and Presence, and a series of Rorschach landscape prints that I have returned to from time to time. The duality of the mirror-image landscapes aided my thought process on a more conceptual level. What changed was the introduction of time within the mirror image. Adding to this was the presence of the two circular images on one block. It seemed as if I was looking through a set of binoculars on an unfolding scene of violence.In the end this has been a profoundly meaningful, if not difficult process, one that took much longer than I could have anticipated. What has changed for me is that I found a vehicle to express my frustration and horror about violence in our lives. In the blink of an eye some unfortunate act of violence can change your life forever, whether you are an artist, bookseller or simply an innocent bystander. It takes but a second to change everything.
Origin:	2015
Created By:	Robertson, Phillip
Contributor(s):	Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Coalition
Publisher:	(East Hardwick, VT, USA)
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/AMSSH/id/1532
Collection:	Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Coalition Collection
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Copyright:	In Copyright
Subjects:	artists book art bookworks prints

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