Artist

Soulaf Abas

Nationality

Syrian

Title of Work

Damascus Night

Preview

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Date of Work

2008

Medium

Etching

Edition #

17/20

Signature

Lower Right

Height

15"

Width

20"

Collection/Provenance

Selected student works from Plain Brown Wrapper 2008 Print Competition

Night Vision – Printing Darkness Portfolio

Art & Design Study Collection

Status

Displayed: Third floor

Location

Education Building

Artist Bio

Abas studied at Indiana State University. Artist website: http://www.soulafabas.com/p/home.html

Additional Information

Image: monochrome street in Damascus

This work is from UND’s second national print portfolio competition for undergraduate students: Night Vision – Printing Darkness - Selected student works from Plain Brown Wrapper 2008 Print Competition.

The competition was developed in 2005 by Professor Kim Fink to bring attention to college-level printmaking programs.

Portfolio Juror in 2008, Anthony Kirk, Artistic Director and Master Printer at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Norwalk, Connecticut, in regards to the portfolio's nocturnal theme:

"Not surprisingly, the intaglio techniques of aquatint, drypoint and etching dominate, as they have from the age of Rembrandt and Goya, when artists needed to portray darkness in print. The velvety rich blacks and atmospheric plate tone of an etched plate have produced prints in this portfolio, which depict surreal space and the fears and anxieties of night."

Condition

Excellent

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