Versos 10-06-04
Archival ink on museum-quality cotton rag paper
A chance meeting with a book inspired Versos, a new collage series by artist Leigh Wells. After reading the Japanese book documenting the work of a prolific Ikebana artist, Wells set to work within a strict framework, taking each photographic book page and combining it with one or more other pages to create compositions of spatial ambiguity and illusion. Spo ...(more)
Artwork Information
Archival ink on museum-quality cotton rag paper
Authentication
The work comes with a Certification of Authenticity signed by the Co-Founder of Tappan
Dimensions
12 x 8.75 inches
22 x 16 inches
40 x 29 inches
FRAMED DIMENSIONS
12 x 8.75 inches
Full Bleed: 13.5 x 10.25 x 1.5 inches
22 x 16 inches
Full Bleed: 23.5 x 17.5 x 2 inches
40 x 29 inches
Full Bleed: 42 x 31 x 2 inches
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“I approach the combination of elements in my work as though I am constructing a feeling, a thought, a relationship—intentionally creating spatial and narrative ambiguity that heightens the work’s expressive tension.”
About the Artist
Leigh Wells
Leigh Wells’ mixed media works comprise collage, drawings, and sculpture of found materials, paper, and fabric as well as paintings on pieced textiles that consist of simple, restrained abstract forms. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, and Harper’s Magazine. Select honors include Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant and SFMOMA SECA Award nomination.
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BOBBY BERK ON LEIGH WELLS
“I'm really drawn to this Visage series because it's such a unique take on portraits. It's taking parts of the face and breaking them apart through mixed media, and I really love all of the works.”
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