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  • “My approach uses construction to provoke unpredictable, surprising images that emerge and become unrecognizable.”
    —Terry Winters

    Reflecting an interest in natural history, technology, and architecture, the prints in Atmospheres reveal a remarkable complexity, both when viewed individually and as a series. A rhythm, established through the artist’s mark making, use of materials, and palette – which is restricted to black, two different whites, and tones of gray – connects the images. By limiting the colors, Winters allows the viewer to concentrate on each work’s construction and intricate structure, as well as links between the different pieces. The artist has described these powerful works, which are among the largest and among the most complex prints he has made, as "life-sized" as they are geared towards the scale of the body.

     

    The title of the series, Atmospheres, comes from a 1961 symphonic work by the Hungarian composer György Ligeti, which was prominently featured in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The composition exemplifies Ligeti’s concept of “micropolyphonic” compositions – that is, dense sound structures that reject melodic and conventional rhythms. Winters evokes what Ligeti describes as the impenetrable nature of his music (which the composer compared to a “densely woven cobweb”) through the intricate layers of black, white, and silver inks of the Atmospheres prints, created through layering impressions from numerous screens. The eighth sheet in the series, for instance, required thirty-eight printings from nine screens. Winters utilized an especially viscous ink typically reserved for printing braille type, which increased the buildup of the prints’ textures so that these works can (hypothetically) be read by the hand as well as the eye. The concentration of marks reaches a state of visual density comparable to an enveloping soundscape at the thickest point of its sonic weave.

     

     

    • Literature

      Elizabeth Finch and Michael Semff 59-70

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Atmospheres (F. & S. 59-70)

2014
The complete set of 12 monumental screenprints in colors with water-based and UV inks, on Lanaquarelle paper, the full sheets.
all S. 58 1/2 x 44 in. (148.6 x 111.8 cm)
All signed with initials, dated and numbered 'P.P. 4/4' in pencil (a printer's proof set, the edition was 20 and 5 artist's proofs), published by Two Palms Press, New York, all unframed.

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