Land scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
Stefanie Wolfson
Lives and works in New York City, USA
An artist ' s statement
M y work deals with abstracted landscapes, spirituality and the effect of both ideas on the viewer. The landscapes are created as a form of meditation. The making of each piece is a different meditative experience, using the slowness of making. The juxtaposition of making these works into prints causes a tension between the slowness of the meditative process and the fast paced methods of printing, such a silk screening and lithography.
My silkscreen prints deal with the meditative aspect of nature. By using simple, repeating lines, I am able to abstract a landscape into a simple image that can still be perceived as a landscape by the viewer. Yet, the image is deconstructed to the extent that meaning can be shifted and interpreted. It creates a link between the landscape’ s reality and what the audience can imagine.
These prints also help to cause a meditative experience for the viewer. The repeating lines that is present in this body of work allows for optical illusions, which makes the viewer slow down and actually look at the prints. I try to play this up with the colors used in each print, causing the viewer to be forced to look closer, or to make it so the viewer feels unable to actually look, but are unable to see the whole picture without looking closely and slowly. This allows me to involve the viewer in a physical way.
Stefanie Wolfson