Alexander Massouras
Upstairs (and those were gilded too) (The Gilderbook 9), 2011
Series: Etchings
Etching with Gold Leaf
19 x 27.5 cm
Edition of 60
Three Moderately Cautionary Tales is a series of fifty hard-ground etchings in three cycles: each cycle loosely follows the narrative arc of an epiphany. The first cycle- The Gilderbook- narrates...
Three Moderately Cautionary Tales is a series of fifty hard-ground etchings in three cycles: each cycle loosely follows the narrative arc of an epiphany. The first cycle- The Gilderbook- narrates the protagonist’s unrelenting pursuit of beauty. The etchings trace his obsession with gilding and its effect on his world, and the progressive incorporation of gold leaf within the etchings formally mirrors the encroachment they narrate; the narrative bleeds into the form.