Copyright %C2%A9 Michael Kareken%2C published by Highpoint Editions
Humphrey Head IV, 2018
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Highpoint Editions Archive, Gift of Mary and Bob Merskyexpand_more 2019.58.3
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Mike Kareken relies on traditional drawing techniques to interpret the often-hidden realms of our world. Here, his subject is the remote forested landscape of the Pacific Northwest, not far from where he grew up in the state of Washington. Light plays an essential role in Kareken’s compositions, sharing equal billing with the formal arrangement of the landscape elements. Indeed, a mysterious sense of light emanates from above and washes over the scene, evoking a vivid emotional and psychological quality that one may recognize from their own experiences walking in a forest. Produced in collaboration with Highpoint Editions, a Minneapolis-based print workshop, this monoprint (unique print) merges Kareken’s consummate drawing abilities with the unexpected effects that typically characterize the monoprinting process.
Details
- Title
- Humphrey Head IV
- Artist Life
- born 1961
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2019.58.3
- Provenance
- Highpoint Editions, Minneapolis (publisher), sold to Mersky, 2018; Robert B. Mersky, Minneapolis; given to MIA, 2019.
- Curator Approved
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