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Beth Ganz
Machu Picchu, Peru — from the series Axis Mundi , Contemporary
2021

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Beth Ganz, 'Machu Picchu, Peru', 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 Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a 2,430-meter (7,970 ft) mountain range. It is located in the Machupicchu District within Urubamba Province above the Sacred Valley, which is 80 kilometers (50 mi) northwest of Cusco. The Urubamba River flows past it, cutting through the Cordillera and creating a canyon with a tropical mountain climate. The Incas, in contrast to the Maya, had no written language, and no Europeans visited the site until the 19th century. There are, therefore, no written records of the site while it was in use. Names given to the buildings, their uses, and their inhabitants are all based on the research and discoveries of modern archeologists. Archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was constructed as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti (1438–1472). Often referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", it is the most familiar icon of the Inca civilization. According to new AMS radiocarbon dating, it was occupied from c. 1420-1532, and abandoned at the time of the Spanish conquest. The Inca believed the spirits of their creator resided in the natural elements—the sun, the moon, the earth, mountains, rivers, rocks, trees, wind—and they erected temples and other ritual spaces to honor these spirits. Machu Picchu was built in the classical Inca style, with polished dry-stone walls. Its three primary structures are the Intihuatana, the Temple of the Sun, and the Room of the Three Windows. Most of the outlying buildings have been reconstructed in order to give visitors a better idea of how they originally appeared. Machu Picchu was declared a Peruvian Historic Sanctuary in 1981, and in 1983 UNESCO designated Machu Picchu a World Heritage Site, describing it as "an absolute masterpiece of architecture and a unique testimony to the Inca civilization". In 2007, Machu Picchu was voted one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in a worldwide internet poll. Nearly 1.3 million visitors toured Machu Picchu in 2015, according to official figures provided by Peru’s Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism. 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: 1041371stDibs: LU532311372192

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