Changes VIII

Title: Changes VIII
LC Subject: Print makers Prints--Technique Prints Lithography--Printing Salmon Ravens Folk art Narrative art printmaking lithographs color lithographs
Creator: Boyden, Frank
Description: This print depicts interaction between a fish form and a bird form, rendered in print with the appearance of scratchings through deep black space. Frank Boyden; Changes VIII; 11 x 8 inches Frank Boyden was born 1942, in Portland, OR. He attended Yale University, School of Art, achieving a M.F.A. and B.F.A., in Painting, 1968. In 1965, he attended Colorado College, where he received a B.A. in Art. The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is Lane Arts. You may view their website at http://www.lanearts.org/
Location: University of Oregon Library >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Lane County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address: 1501 Kincaid Street, Eugene Oregon
Date: 1975/2012
Identifier: 1993_uo_knight-lib2_10_a02
Accession Number: 1993_uo_knight-lib2_10_a02
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Boyden, Frank
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Measurements: 11 x 8 inches
Material: Printmaking all prints color lithographs printed on RIVES BFK white paper
Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Relation: University of Oregon Knight Library, Phases I and II 1993_uo_knight-lib2
Art Series: Changes (suite of prints)
Has Version: slide; color
Institution: Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
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Color Space: RGB
Biographical Information: The suite is a narrative set of images dealing with a salmon and a raven. The set is a creation story of sorts. The two animals are archetypal in these prints and take various forms as they act and interact with each other. They have forms. They are shadows. They are reflections. They wear each other's shapes. They eat each other purposefully or because they are blind. They mate and spawn together. They give birth. They exist together as dances of bones. These drawings are unique to my way of working. They are a reversal of the way I have always drawn and to that end I consider them fresh and full of ongoing possibilities. The drawings were made by scratching with needles, razor blades, serrated objects and sandpaper through a layer of autographic ink which had been brushed on lithographic stones. This technique is known as *manier noir* or *black manner*. There are few examples of it due in part to the meticulous nature of the work and the great difficulty in printing. All examples are very small, seldom larger than 10 x 10 [inches]. Notable examples are the lithographs of Redon and Bresden during the late 19th century and Rouault and Picasso during the 20th century. (Boyden, 1995).