Case Studies
- Object:
Print
- Place of origin:
UK (printed)
- Date:
2002 (printed)
- Artist/Maker:
Coldwell, Paul, born 1952 (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
Photoetching printed as a relief print from a copper plate
- Credit Line:
Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund
- Museum number:
E.165-2003
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level E, case MP, shelf 302, box C
This image by Paul Coldwell, Case Studies, is a photoetching printed as a relief print, and it is an interesting example of the use of digital imaging. It was made for an exhibition at the London Print Studio in 2002.
In this image, an outline of an open suitcase floats over a mountain range in the night sky. Some of the pixellated dots of the original photographic image of the landscape are enlarged and joined together by drawn lines to form the outlines of the suitcase. The outline looks like a constellation of stars, or a children's 'join the dots' puzzle. The theme explores ideas of travel, or escape, both literal and in the mind.
