William Steiger “Explorations & Surveys”
Pace Prints Chelsea
[Image: William Steiger "USPRR - Herd of Bison" (2014) Collage of gouache, glue, vintage lithograph & paper , 9 x 11 1/4 in.]
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Pace Prints presents William Steiger: Explorations & Surveys, on view at Pace Prints Chelsea.
In the artist’s most recent body of work, he transforms his collection of vintage lithographs by means of collage. By adapting the prints with the addition of collage, Steiger fast-forwards images of early western settlements and pristine scenery to a post-railroad age of “modern” wonderment and potential. Steiger’s work often focuses on a tension between past and present, and the tension between the flatness of the picture plane and the vast expanse of the landscape.
The exhibition will include Silvercup (2014), the artist’s newest aquatint and soft ground edition. The print exemplifies Steiger’s interest in graphic qualities of familiar architectural structures in the modern landscape.
William Steiger received his M.F.A. from Yale University in 1989. His work has been shown in over 30 solo exhibitions internationally and a 200 page monograph of the artist was published in 2011 by Hudson Hills Press. His paintings have been represented in New York by Margaret Thatcher Projects since 1999 and he has collaborated with Pace Editions since 2004.
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Schedule
from January 23, 2015 to February 21, 2015
Opening Reception on 2015-01-29 from 18:00 to 20:00