Beth Ganz
Lomagnupur, South Iceland — from the series Axis Mundi , Contemporary
2021

$1,400List Price

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Beth Ganz, 'Lomagnupur, South Iceland', copperplate photogravure etching, edition 10, 2021. Signed, titled, and numbered 6/10 in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression in warm black ink, on cream, wove, cotton rag paper; the full sheet in excellent condition. Archivally sleeved, unmatted. Image size 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches; sheet size 16 x 15 1/2 inches. From the artist's series of 64 photogravure etchings, 'Axis Mundi'. Additional works from the series are available; please inquire. Exhibited: 'Photography in Ink, A Look at Contemporary Copper-Plate Photogravure,' Curated by Leandro Villaro, Penumbra Exhibition Space Gallery, Nov 30, 2022 - March 15, 2023. ABOUT THE IMAGE Lómagnúpur is an ancient, subglacial mound, ‘a colossal rock’, in southern Iceland known for being the most recognizable mountain in the country. It is a long, north-south oriented ridge, at its peak 764m (2,507 ft) above sea level; the foremost cliffs reach an almost vertical height of 671m, the highest in Iceland. Most of Lómagnúpur is made of palagonite, with layers of lava (pillow lava and lava columns) and sediments—the lowest layers being about 2.5 million years old, the highest being about 1.5 million. The mountain lies in the far east of Fljótshverfi district and borders directly on Skeiðarársandur. East of it on the Sander is the Núpsvötn River. Lomagnupur mountain figures prominently in Iceland’s folklore. According to Icelandic legend, a giant named Jarngrimur, who lives on Lomagnupur mountain, is a wise and prophetic guardian spirit who protects Iceland from invasions. The mountain became famous in the Njáll saga, a 13th-century Icelandic legend, in which a chieftain named Flosi Thorgierson falls asleep on Lomagnupur mountain while en route to seek revenge against an enemy. In a visionary dream, the mountain giant gives Thorgierson a prophecy revealing which of his men will die in the battle. The legend is alluded to in a poem about Lómagnúpur by the renowned 20th-century Icelandic philologist and poet Jón Helgason. ABOUT THE SERIES 'AXIS MUNDI' "This body of work focuses on satellite images of sacred mountains around the world—places where heaven and earth are thought to meet. The phenomenon of revering mountains as holy sites is an archetype found in many cultures. "This shared experience finds a visual echo in the ubiquity of images of the earth that are now available to any person with a computer and an Internet connection. What does the specificity of place mean when we can move across the surface of the earth in seconds and reduce everything to a series of pixels? To me, this process recalls abstract painting, which transforms the specific into gesture and form. Rather than treat digital technology as necessarily destructive to human meaning and experience, my work offers new ways of seeing that are reconcilable with the old. To this end, I combine 19th Century Photogravure technique with 21st Century surveillance captures. "Axis Mundi consists of 64 copperplate photogravures. The work is laid out in a grid, which is an arbitrary conversion of the visual world into a flat space that happens both on the picture plane and in the data processing. The title refers to the belief in a 'world center,' often conceived of as a mountain: a place where communication between higher and lower realms is possible. This project is a search for such a center in a world of decentralization and fragmentation." —Beth Ganz ABOUT THE ARTIST Beth Ganz is a contemporary American multidisciplinary visual artist, who lives and works in New York City. She graduated from Pratt Institute with a BFA (honors) in Painting, Sculpture, and Printmaking. The focus of her work is the intersection of landscape, digital technology, and abstraction. Ganz works in paint, brush, and ink drawing, both independently and alongside digital and analog printing techniques, including photogravure and intaglio printing. Ganz’s work has been the subject of many solo exhibitions, including 'Atlas Project' at Cynthia-Reeves Gallery, 'Up Close and Far Away, Grids and Toiles: Beth Ganz at Wave Hill House,' Wave Hill, and 'Geothermal Topographies' at Reeves Contemporary. She has been shown in numerous group exhibitions, and her work is represented in many public and private collections, including the 9-11 Memorial Museum, the Library of Congress, the New York Historical Society, and the New York Public Library Prints Collection. Ganz teaches workshops in photogravure and intaglio at Manhattan Graphics Center and has been a long-time grantee of the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts. AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES 2018 – Signal: Tri-State Juried Exhibition (2nd Place), Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York (Juror: Lumi Tan) 2001-2014 – Studio Program, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY 2005 – Johnson Johnson Purchase Prize, 48th Annual National Print Exhibition, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ 1999 – Prints USA Juror’s Award, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO 1993 – 37th Annual National Print Exhibition (Honorable Mention), Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ 1992 – Small Impressions 1992 (Juror’s Award), Printmaking Council of New Jersey, NJ BIBLIOGRAPHY: MAGAZINES, JOURNALS, NEWSPAPERS, AND ONLINE MEDIA 2018 – Mary Legrand, “A Signal of Invention,” Bedford Record, July 2018 2017 – Sara Mintz, “Profile of an Artist: Beth Ganz,” Journal of the Print World, Vol. 40, #4, October 2017 2017 – Cate McQuaid, “Critics’ Picks, The Ticket: Music, Theater, Dance, Art and more,” Boston Globe, May 2017 4, 2017 2017 – Beth Ganz, “New Prints: Beth Ganz and the Atlas Project Landscape,” Journal of the Print World, I Vol. 40, #3, July 2017 Collections: Duke Energy, Charlotte, NC; Evelyn Lauder Breast Center at SKMCC, New York, NY; Frost Bank, Houston, Texas; Hofstra Museum, Hofstra University; Johnson and Johnson Corporate Collection, NJ; Library of Congress, Washington, DC; New York Historical Society; New York Public Library Prints Collection; Norwegian Cruise Lines Corporation (Commission for the BLISS Cruise Ship); NYU Langone Health, New York, NY; Permanent Collection of the US Consulate, Cape Town, South Africa; Squib Corporation Collection, NJ; 9-11 Memorial Museum, New York, NY; Tommy Hilfiger Corporate Collection, New York, NY; United States Embassy Permanent Collection, Tbilisi, Georgia; Universal Studios, Los Angeles, CA; US Department of State, Art Bank Program, Washington, DC.

Creator:
Beth Ganz
Creation Year:
2021
Dimensions:
Height: 10.5 in (26.67 cm)Width: 10.5 in (26.67 cm)
Medium:
Etching,Photogravure
Movement Style:
Contemporary
Period:
21st Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Myrtle Beach, SC
Reference Number:
Seller: 1041361stDibs: LU532311372102

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