Argentière Glacier, Colour Observation, March 2010
Print
2010 (made)
2010 (made)
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The printmaker and book artist Elizabeth Jackson has made a number of projects which focus on colour. This suite of screenprints was inspired by daily observations of the Argentière glacier and is one of a series of works that explore the suspension of colour on a printed surface. This research investigates the possibilities of colour depth, intensity and mass in print. Comprising a series of colour studies of 'Glacial Blue', these intricately layered screenprints continue Jackson's impressive body of research on transient colours in nature and analysis of colour depth and mass. The artist's Glacier Project, which records daily observation of the Argentière Glacier in the French Alps, reveals the 'poetry that science sometimes filters out in the pursuit of objective discourse'." (Quote from Printmaking Today', Autumn issue, 2010).
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 30 parts.
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| Title | Argentière Glacier, Colour Observation, March 2010 (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Screenprint on paper |
| Brief description | Suite of 27 screenprints, with black and white photograph and printed sheet of observation notes, 'Argentière Glacier, Colour Observation, March 2010', Elizabeth Jackson, UK, 2010. |
| Physical description | A suite of 27 screenprints each printed with a central oblong of colour, in varying shades of blue; with a black and white photograph of a glacier and a printed sheet of observation notes. |
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| Copy number | 2 of 10 |
| Marks and inscriptions | (Each sheet stamped with the mark of Atelier Jackson) |
| Credit line | Given by the artist |
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| Summary | The printmaker and book artist Elizabeth Jackson has made a number of projects which focus on colour. This suite of screenprints was inspired by daily observations of the Argentière glacier and is one of a series of works that explore the suspension of colour on a printed surface. This research investigates the possibilities of colour depth, intensity and mass in print. Comprising a series of colour studies of 'Glacial Blue', these intricately layered screenprints continue Jackson's impressive body of research on transient colours in nature and analysis of colour depth and mass. The artist's Glacier Project, which records daily observation of the Argentière Glacier in the French Alps, reveals the 'poetry that science sometimes filters out in the pursuit of objective discourse'." (Quote from Printmaking Today', Autumn issue, 2010). |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.288:1 to 30-2011 |
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| Record created | July 19, 2011 |
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