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“Silhouette” angle view showing gold edge.
Gold details
Alternate lighting.
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Back of Silhouette showing signature, date, and wire for easy installation.
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Silhouette Artwork

M. Clark

United States

Mixed Media, Gold Foil on sintra

Size: 36 W x 48 H x 0.8 D in

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About The Artwork

"Silhouette" was created with gestural strokes and intense, direct pressure giving each mark a personality, or silhouette, of its own. DETAILS - The gold is very reflective and luminous. - The technique used to create “Silhouette” is one where gold metallic foil is carefully applied through a variety of heat and pressures. It is a one-of-a-kind process that is unique to M. Clark’s work. - “Silhouette“ is part of Clark's Notation series. - The edges of “Silhouette” are foiled in gold. - The luminosity fluctuates with shifting light creating constant visual interest. - Signed in the side of the artwork. Also signed and dated on the back. - Ready to hang––no additional framing needed. Wire attached to back for easy installation. Bumpons are attached to the back to float the piece slightly off the wall. - Shipped with a signed Certificate of Authenticity "Silhouette" has been featured by Saatchi Art

Details & Dimensions

Mixed Media:Gold Foil on sintra

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:36 W x 48 H x 0.8 D in

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I gravitate toward gold, copper, and silver foils because of their reflectivity. I love anticipating how light will reflect off of the foil on a finished piece, allowing one to see something new each time they approach the same artwork. Metal foils are timeless and substantive; they have been around for centuries. Their neutral palette allows my focus to stay on composition, texture, and light rather than color. The innovative technique I developed to apply metal foil to 2-dimensional surfaces is derived from a printing process and is something I’ve refined over many years to create large-scale, textural, wall-mounted pieces. My artwork is made in numerous stages across multiple months. With a general composition in mind, I produce something, then react to the first effort by altering the materials or rethinking the composition. I get into a state of flow where the medium is giving me directions for where the next stroke should go, like an intuitive logic for what elements need to be happening. The process is iterative; a compositional puzzle. It is after a work is complete that I can evaluate the meaning behind it. I examine the composition, the dynamic and interplay between shapes, the textures in the work that are catching and reflecting the light, the headspace I was in while creating it, along with the materials I used. As a dyslexic, written communication falls short of an adequate form of expression. It has a finality and definitive quality that is constraining. Because of this belief, my work aims to illuminate the power of non-representational communication. I'm continuously intrigued by the ways that texture, shape, and movement can be used to communicate emotion and feeling just as efficiently as concrete objects and words. The reflectivity of my medium allows the surroundings, including the viewer, to be reflected back into the piece and become part of the work. I use this as a metaphor to show the power the viewer brings to a piece of art and how their reaction becomes part of the artwork during the time they are experiencing it. Biography New York City-based gilder M. Clark creates metallic artwork by sculpting gold, copper, and silver foil. Her compositions explore how reflectivity, texture, and shape can suggest the illusion of depth and movement to create visual conversations about emotion. The reflectivity of her materials allows her to investigate the relationship between artwork and audience.

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