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Carol Wax

The complete works of the artist, including all her Solstice prints.

My images of commonplace objects reflect my personal experience of the ordinary as extraordinary. Most people rarely think about the 'stuff' that takes up space in our lives but, to me, even the most ordinary items seem magical. I often depict old instruments, mechanical devices, and fabric because their repetitive patterns create rhythms of light, shadow, and form that can be manipulated to convey my phantasmagorical perceptions.

The collection includes works on paper the majority of which are mezzotints. The antique sewing machines, typewriters, electric fans, toys, instruments, cameras, projectors, textiles and other items she collects inspire Wax’s images. Living with these objects in her home and studio means she is constantly studying them from different angles and finding new and diverse ways to revisit subjects.

Exhibits

Over 100 prints plus select pencil drawings.

Highlights

The complete works of the artist, including all her Solstice prints.

Exhibition Materials

High resolution images, captions, wall texts.

Display

140 linear meters (420 linear feet).

Catalogue

Catalog design available in Adobe InDesign format.

Characteristics

Geographic location of storage: U.S.A. (north-east).
All works are shipped framed as per international museum standards.
Collection includes the necessary international shipping crates and packing materials ensuring safe ‘nail to nail” transport.
Collection is comprehensive, covering a substantial part of the artist’s body of work making it capable of serving as a stand-alone exhibition.
Museum curators are provided with extensive information and may curate the exhibition to their specifications.
Collection may be expanded or complemented with art from the borrowing museum’s own collections.
Collection provides endless opportunities for the development of educational programs, which we can assist with.

Carol Wax

Carol Wax originally trained to be a classical musician at the Manhattan School of Music but fell in love with printmaking. Soon after she began engraving mezzotints she was asked by the renowned print dealer Sylvan Cole to exhibit at Associated American Artists Gallery, launching her career as a professional artist/printmaker.

She is the foremost authority on mezzotint and with the publication of her book, The Mezzotint: History and Technique, published by Abrams, 1990 and 1996, Carol added author and teacher to her credits. In the ensuing years she has expanded her repertoire of mediums beyond printmaking into other works on paper and painting.

Carol Wax’s prints are in numerous museum collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the Boston and New York Public Libraries.

Related Exhibitions

Carol Wax, Dance of Shadows

Herakleidon Museum, Athens, Greece
March 5 2011 – June 19, 2011

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