I went to an exhibition of Erik Desmazieres' work at the Jepson Center in Savannah, GA. This was intensely beautiful, highly detailed, and other worldly. Born to a French diplomat, Erik is one of France's best known contemporary print makers, He utilizes the intaglio method in combination with aquatint. This usually involves a copper plate being covered with an acid- resistant ground. The artist then draws with a needle, and immerses the plate in an acid bath which eats the lines into the plate. Aquatint involves sprinkling a powdered resin which melts and clings to the plate prior to the acid bath, resulting in a porous ground that creates tone and texture in the final print. His work reminded me of a more sophisticated Escher in it's surrealist nature, but also seems to be influenced by Durer, Bresdin, and Goya. He utilizes space and light to confuse the viewer and create fantasy worlds.
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