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Comment by ridvan aliti on December 22, 2011 at 7:56pm

Thank you for your comments Laurel Sternberg

Comment by Laurel Sternberg on December 22, 2011 at 2:33am

Hello Ridvan, I like this series very much. You've mined a lot of texture and interest from this simple subject.

Comment by ridvan aliti on December 11, 2011 at 6:51pm

hello madam, curator, Kristen T Woodward, I am very honored that you are very well received bythose comments and kind words and for accepting me in your site, I will try to do my best on thispage and in the future to work together.
respects from the Ridvan Aliti

Comment by Resident Curator on December 11, 2011 at 1:27pm

Curator’s Comment:

 

 

 

This is a really wonderful series.  The violin becomes anthropomorphized as a figure in these evolutionary works.  The cyclical nature of the form breaking apart and coming together is in itself musical in composition, and so I wonder if the sequencing is important.  I believe intaglio printmaking in particular embraces these transitional stages, as so the process is attentively married to the imagery.  My favorite impression in the group is # 4, as the color seems most analogous to the shapes.  The rich black and white textural work in the interior of the bent and swaying instruments seem to attach to ribbons of red and orange on a green field.  The solid dark areas towards the bottom help ground all of the movement, and create unity through repetition of the forms rounded bases. The pure black and prints are also very strong- unencumbered by any abrupt transitions of color and edge, which are also inherent in the process if it’s created with an edition in mind.