"I still think the social function of art is that kind of negative aesthetic. Otherwise there’s no social function for it."
"Bang" (2004)
"Bang," 2004
Spit bite aquatint with direct gravure, 30 1/2 X 34 inches
Printed by Case Hudson, assisted by Rachel Stevenson, Crown Point Press, San Francisco
Edition 25
Courtesy The Pace Gallery, New York
Spit bite aquatint with direct gravure, 30 1/2 X 34 inches
Printed by Case Hudson, assisted by Rachel Stevenson, Crown Point Press, San Francisco
Edition 25
Courtesy The Pace Gallery, New York
"I realized in printmaking that if I could just drop this stuff called Spitbite- this acid- onto the plate, that it would eat onto the plate and it would make a spot or a splash. And filling it with black ink retains this spot and also has a kind of three-dimensional quality which doesn’t happen when you use ink on a piece of paper. I was really thrilled."
- Fred Wilson
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