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Strange Chambers - Attic
MacCallum, Marlene, born 1959 - Enlarge image
Strange Chambers - Attic
- Object:
Print
- Place of origin:
Canada, Canada (printed)
- Date:
2001 (printed)
- Artist/Maker:
MacCallum, Marlene, born 1959 (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
Photogravure on paper
- Credit Line:
Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund
- Museum number:
E.209-2006
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case 2H, shelf 11
This print comes from a series entitled 'Strange Chambers'. The works share an eerie, spectral quality, depicting shadowy spaces occupied by a strange combination of old children's toys and plants. There is an air of menace to all the works: a lily dwarfs the miniature rooms of a doll's house; an aggressive flowering plant looms over a staircase; a toy skeleton stands in the shadows with its back to the wall and an abandoned children's bedroom is shown in a state of chaotic disrepair.
The technique of photogravure, employed in this print, is often used to create atmospheric images. Using a photographic negative and light-sensitised gelatine, an image is transferred to a printing plate to be etched and then inked and printed in the usual way.
