Gestural Mechanism for Absorbing and Defusing Hostilities by Kevin Fletcher

Gestural Mechanism for Absorbing and Defusing Hostilities by Kevin Fletcher

Gestural Mechanism for Absorbing and Defusing Hostilities

Kevin Fletcher

Title

Gestural Mechanism for Absorbing and Defusing Hostilities

 
Artist

Kevin Fletcher

  1956 - PRESENT (biography)
Year
2015  
Technique
color intaglio 
Image Size
10 x 13 7/8" platemark 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
color trial proof 
Annotations
titled in pencil in lower left; inscribed in pencil: color trial proof - 3rd state / 5-2015 / HANSA YELLOW / MAGENTA BLUE BLACK 
Reference
 
Paper
antique-white wove 
State
3rd state 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
KEFL194 
Price
SOLD
Description

"Gestural Mechanism for Absorbing and Defusing Hostilities" is a mixed technique color intaglio, done in 2015. The platemark measures 10 x 13-7/8". This impression is pencil signed, titled, dated and editioned "color trial proof - 3rd state" and was never editioned beyond a few proofs. This image was printed by the artist on an antique-white wove paper.

This abstract color intaglio, is the third in a series of experiments Fletcher tried with this plate. The composition is an interwoven series of lines and shapes that Fletcher printed in various color trial proofs. To print this image the artist notes in an inscription in the lower right margin: "color trial proof - 3rd state / 5-2015 / HANSA YELLOW / MAGENTA BLUE BLACK".

Kevin Fletcher's titles are often as intricate as the compositions, as in this case "Gestural Mechanism for Absorbing and Defusing Hostilities." If the viewer gets involved in what can be a puzzle, all other thoughts and feelings take a rest and curiosity and logic are engaged.