Monolith #2: Topple
Stephen Talasnik
In this work, the artist is investigating archetypal objects - a cylinder, sphere, and cone and precariously stacking one on top of one another. The objects resemble metal cages or netted material-and may or may not exist in reality. Working with graphite on paper in a process that is both additive and subtractive, the artist draws, erases, and re-draws; abrades the paper; and adds images by making rubbings from woodblocks that create frottage (trace rubbed) elements with an altogether different quality than wholly invented marks.
Artist
Date of Birth
(b. 1954)
Date
1996-1997
Medium
Graphite on Stonehenge paper
Dimensions
62 x 45 in. (157.48 x 114.3 cm.)
Accession #
2003.13
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Copyright
© artist or artist's estate
Category
Subject
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