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Fragments of a Memory; Rorschach Print
New Zealand
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Fine Art Paper
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8 x 10 in ($66)
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White ($80)
About The Artwork
The Rorschach test was administered to Mark Soltero when he was just 11 years old at the request of a family court judge in response to his parents' horrific divorce. He recalls being shown the book, as it was drawn from its special box case. The printing and quality of the paper immediately caught his attention, as did the unusual just-out-of-square format, slightly off-white/grey colour of the paper and fascinating images. The stimulation of taking in such amazing visuals quickly turned when he realised he was being tested and observed, as if tricked. This particular painting is part of a series called Fragments of a Memory, a large body of drawings, paintings, prints and digital photographs that have arisen out of the process involved in the making of a large-scale painting titled History is Cinematic.
Details & Dimensions
Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper
Size:8 W x 10 H x 0.1 D in
Size with Frame:13.25 W x 15.25 H x 1.2 D in
Frame:White
Ready to Hang:Yes
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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Handling:Ships in a box. Art prints are packaged and shipped by our printing partner.
Ships From:Printing facility in California.
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New Zealand
Mark Soltero is an artist living and working in Ōtautahi, Christchurch. Mark’s work is situated in reference to his personal history and the cultural and political landscape of the Postmodernist period. His practice is built around an intense drawing process. Working with hand-drawn and found images, processed in the computer and scaled, transferred and intricately hand traced and stencilled before paint is applied with squeegees or large brushes. While individual marks may be visible on close viewing, the image is read as a single mark. In essence my paintings are history paintings that examine relationships between image, memory and materiality. Many of the images border on dissolution, fragmenting or breaking down in contrast to the seemingly smooth images that saturate our lived experience. Rather than making works in which the image might be shocking, I make works that draw audiences in, yet are challenging to look at. To a certain extent, the work explores our experience of différance, in time.
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