Elizabeth Payton. (1st August 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McGrath, Daniel John
• Is Part Of: ArtUS. (2011/2012)
• Page Start: 71
• Page End: 71
• Publication Date: 2013-08-01
• Subjects: Art, American -- 21st century -- Periodicals; Art, American; Periodicals; 700
• DOI: 10.1386/artus.31.1.71_4
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1546-7082

Abstract

Elizabeth Peyton's numerous etchings, aquatints, woodcuts and monotypes, samples of which were recently exhibited at the Kemper Art Museum, offer a dramatic contrast from her better known paintings, which customarily float on a smooth ground of gesso. In her printmaking work, however, paper acts as a blotter, soaking up the ink. In addition, Peyton's printmaking differs technically from conventional prints by repeatedly exploiting the "ghosts" or cognates of the prints struck earlier from the same plate.