“I don't expect you to be interested
in all the things that I'm interested in. But, what I need you to
know …when you look at it, it looks like there's an urgency:
it needed to be made, and it needed to be made right now. Today. By
me”
By using only red, yellow, black, and
white – the limited color palette that Rembrant himself operated
from – Aithan Shapira remains very conscious of referring back to
the techniques of the Old Masters in his printmaking. While his work is
understood as a reflection of the present, he is very much influenced
by art history, as well as his own personal heritage and prior
experiences. In this way, his work serves as a reminder that it is our pasts that have brought us to our present.
In this video interview, Aithan
discusses his new studio in Portland, O.R., symbols within his work,
and life as a traveling artist.
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