Dorothy Simpson Krause
Marshfield, MA, USA
Technology, 2006
A scanned collage of plaster,
metal and tar, a circuit board,
an architectural drawing
and a medical illlustration were
combined in Adobe Photoshop
and printed with the HP 9180,
13" x 19" full bleed on Hahnemuhle
smooth fine art paper.
www.dotkrause.com
Dot Krause holds a respected place in the history of American printmaking as one of the first print artists to embrace the possibilities inherent in digital technology. It is fitting, therefore, that her contribution to this portfolio should bear the title Technology and link together several motifs that have surfaced at various points in her work and career. The use of collage is a hallmark of Krause's work and serves her well in its ability to simultaneously reveal and obscure multiple layers in a work of art. In this image, the dense bottom portion of the print includes images of a computer circuit board atop a dark background. This in turns gives way to red swath across the middle tier of the image and subsequently to a delicate anatomical drawing of the human nervous system and brain, highlighted against a pale background at the top. What is the role that technology is meant to play in this image and, perhaps, in our world as a whole? Does the circuit board serve as the base from which human and structure (represented by an architectural drawing lying grid-like across two-thirds of the print) emerge? If so, should that base be seen as generative? Or is it problematic - pushed to the depths while human cognition rises into the light? I doubt that Krause's print is meant to answer those questions - rather, in keeping with the rest of her work, it encourages us to keep asking them. SD
Marshfield, MA, USA
Technology, 2006
A scanned collage of plaster,
metal and tar, a circuit board,
an architectural drawing
and a medical illlustration were
combined in Adobe Photoshop
and printed with the HP 9180,
13" x 19" full bleed on Hahnemuhle
smooth fine art paper.
www.dotkrause.com
Dot Krause holds a respected place in the history of American printmaking as one of the first print artists to embrace the possibilities inherent in digital technology. It is fitting, therefore, that her contribution to this portfolio should bear the title Technology and link together several motifs that have surfaced at various points in her work and career. The use of collage is a hallmark of Krause's work and serves her well in its ability to simultaneously reveal and obscure multiple layers in a work of art. In this image, the dense bottom portion of the print includes images of a computer circuit board atop a dark background. This in turns gives way to red swath across the middle tier of the image and subsequently to a delicate anatomical drawing of the human nervous system and brain, highlighted against a pale background at the top. What is the role that technology is meant to play in this image and, perhaps, in our world as a whole? Does the circuit board serve as the base from which human and structure (represented by an architectural drawing lying grid-like across two-thirds of the print) emerge? If so, should that base be seen as generative? Or is it problematic - pushed to the depths while human cognition rises into the light? I doubt that Krause's print is meant to answer those questions - rather, in keeping with the rest of her work, it encourages us to keep asking them. SD
Dorothy Krause is a painter, collage artist and printmaker who incorporates digital mixed media. Her work is exhibited regularly in galleries and museums and featured in numerous current periodicals
and books. She is Professor Emeritus at Massachusetts College of Art where she founded the Computer Arts Center, and a member of Digital Atelier®, artist collaborative. She is a frequent speaker at conferences and symposia and a consultant for manufacturers and distributors of products used by fine artists.
In 1997, Krause organized “Digital Atelier: A printmaking studio for the 21st century” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. For that work she received a Smithsonian Technology in the Arts Award. That same year, she worked with a group of curators to help them envision the potential of digital printmaking in “Media for a New Millennium”, a work-tank/ think-shop organized by the Vinalhaven Graphic Arts Foundation.
In 2000 Krause received a Kodak Innovator Award and in June 2001, with Digital Atelier, she demonstrated digital printmaking techniques at the opening of the Brooklyn Museum of Art 27th Print National, Digital: Printmaking Now.
Krause is co-author of Digital Art Studio: Techniques for combining inkjet printing with traditional art materials published by Watson-Guptill, 2004. The American Print Alliance is traveling an exhibition of work from the book. Krause also authored Book + Art: Handcrafting Artists’ Books published by North Light, 2009. Her editioned artist books are available from ViewpointEditions.com
and books. She is Professor Emeritus at Massachusetts College of Art where she founded the Computer Arts Center, and a member of Digital Atelier®, artist collaborative. She is a frequent speaker at conferences and symposia and a consultant for manufacturers and distributors of products used by fine artists.
In 1997, Krause organized “Digital Atelier: A printmaking studio for the 21st century” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. For that work she received a Smithsonian Technology in the Arts Award. That same year, she worked with a group of curators to help them envision the potential of digital printmaking in “Media for a New Millennium”, a work-tank/ think-shop organized by the Vinalhaven Graphic Arts Foundation.
In 2000 Krause received a Kodak Innovator Award and in June 2001, with Digital Atelier, she demonstrated digital printmaking techniques at the opening of the Brooklyn Museum of Art 27th Print National, Digital: Printmaking Now.
Krause is co-author of Digital Art Studio: Techniques for combining inkjet printing with traditional art materials published by Watson-Guptill, 2004. The American Print Alliance is traveling an exhibition of work from the book. Krause also authored Book + Art: Handcrafting Artists’ Books published by North Light, 2009. Her editioned artist books are available from ViewpointEditions.com
Further...has been exhibited in Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Finland, Lithuania, Sweden, South Korea and USA
For more information about this exhibition, email: editor@artbahrain.org
