Archetype, from the series "Proposals for Disorder"

© Liat Elbling. Image courtesy of the Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago. For educational purpo…

Artist/Maker Liat Elbling (Israeli, born 1980)

Date2015

MediumPigment print in artist's frame

DimensionsOverall: 15 3/16 × 12 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (38.6 × 31.8 × 3.8 cm) Frame: 15 1/4 × 12 1/2 × 1 5/8 in. (38.7 × 31.8 × 4.1 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, William G. Roehrick '34 Art Acquisition and Preservation Fund

Object number2018.4.2

Not on view

DescriptionOf her work, the artist states, "The Interactions Series, as well as Proposals for Disorder are ongoing projects, which started already in 2013. In these series, I adopted a slightly different approach, and now, rather than taking away and eliminating details from existing models, I construct and compose them in my studio. These structures are some kind of gestures to the world I'm surrounded by: the street, the city, the view outside my window. I employ various materials: wood, MDF, plaster, Styrofoam, cardboard, and paper, painting each "set" in a solid color, which is also manifested in the printing and framing process. By these actions, I return to art’s basic characteristics: perspective, light and shade, examining the relationship between two-dimensionality and threedimensionality, and encounters between materials, colors and textures. I wish to explore of course principles which are prevalent in photography – creating a replica in relation to the original, visual deceptions and disruption of space – but also am fascinated by how we can, briefly, simply, almost just ”forget” about the photograph." (SOURCE: "Artist Statement," Catherine Edelman Gallery, http://www.edelmangallery.com/artists/artists/a-f/liat-elbling.html#?id=5671, accessed 5/21/18)

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