Strange Chambers - Attic
Print
2001 (printed)
2001 (printed)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
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.
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.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Strange Chambers - Attic (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Photogravure on paper |
| Brief description | Marlene Maccallum: Strange Chambers: Attic. Photogravure. 2001 |
| Physical description | Depicts light streaming into a derelict room in the attic of a house. The attic must once have been a child's bedroom; children's wallpaper peels from the walls, a bunkbed stands to the right, and old Christmas decorations and other assorted debris are stacked on the left. |
| Dimensions |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
| Copy number | 3/10 |
| Marks and inscriptions | 3/10 Strange Chambers: Attic M Maccallum
2001 (Numbered, inscribed with title and signed and dated, all in pencil, below the image, and again on the back of the sheet) |
| Credit line | Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund |
| Object history | Marlene MacCallum first exhibited this work in her solo exhibition of the same name (Strange Chambers), in 2001 at Engramme Galerie, Québec. The exhibition comprised seventeen photogravure prints and five books executed between 1995 - 2001. MacCallum specialises in the technique of photogravure and has co-authored a book on this subject with David Morrish, Copper Plate Photogravure: Demystifying the Process. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | 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. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.209-2006 |
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| Record created | April 10, 2008 |
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