THE ARTWORK
In this etching and aquatint by Ralph Gibson from the Metafora portfolio, two images of wall surfaces sit side by side. The red of the first confronts the dark tones of the second, while the arrangement of the bricks introduces a shared rhythm of lines and intervals.
Differences in light and framing change the perception of an apparently simple structure. The eye moves from the continuity of the joints to the material texture of the surfaces, recognising a precise tension in the difference between the images. The documented publication fold remains part of the sheet and its organisation.
Differences in light and framing change the perception of an apparently simple structure. The eye moves from the continuity of the joints to the material texture of the surfaces, recognising a precise tension in the difference between the images. The documented publication fold remains part of the sheet and its organisation.