6 Layers: Woodcut (1), Silk Screen (2), Photopolymer Relief (1), Linocut (1), Intaglio Drypoint and Roulette (1)
7.9 x 9.9 inches
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Photographic Poster Altered with Ink Brushed and Printed with Relief and Stencils
About 18 x 26 inches
This digital file is the only thing that remains of this work. I threw it away.
An artist wants to make a work of art that memorializes the 9/11(2001) attacks on the World Trade Centers in New York City because her father died in the second collapse. Her intention is to memorialize the 9/11 attacks. Her impetus is that her father died that day. The same intention could have many other impetuses, such as criticizing the Bush administration of that time, comparing that event to Luke 13:4, or producing a work for a thematic exhibition on that topic. Similarly, the same impetus could lead to many other intentions. For example, because the artist’s father died in the 9/11 attacks, she might decide to render objects that belonged to her father, or produce an abstract composition that affects its viewers with qualities like her father had or emotions she supposes he may have experienced that day, and so on.
In recent times, some people have attempted to produce unmotivated art—art that is not referential or purposeful but is devoid of intentions and / or impetuses. To produce art without some goal is, by definition, impossible. Perhaps you realize that having that goal sets up a paradox.
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