Artwork description:
The psychedelic, surrealist imagery in “My Cup Runneth Over” symbolically represents a meditation on death through the eyes of modern science and anatomy. Light and shadow illogically play above, illuminating a dead fly, peacefully suspended in the limbo between body and mind.
Materials used:
copper plate, etching needle, aquatint, softground, printmaking paper, etching press
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#copper plate etching #copperplate etching #scientific art #soft ground etching #dark psychedelic #anatomy etching #intaglio etching #surrealism #dark #limited edition #printmaking #etching #limited edition print #dark art #macabre #psychedelic #dark blue #death #surreal portrait #intaglio #aquatint #psychedelic art #anatomy #copper plate #intaglio printmaking #macabre art #anatomy drawing #anatomical illustration #scientific illustration #surreal illustration figurative #figurative illustrationFeatured by our Editors:
My Cup Runneth Over (2016)
Etching / Engraving
by Nathaniel Benjamin
1 Artist Reviews
£55.63
- Etching / Engraving on Paper
- From a limited edition of 23
- Size: 27.94 x 35.56cm
- Ready to hang
- Signed and numbered on the front
- Style: Surrealistic
- Subject: People and portraits
Artwork description
The psychedelic, surrealist imagery in “My Cup Runneth Over” symbolically represents a meditation on death through the eyes of modern science and anatomy. Light and shadow illogically play above, illuminating a dead fly, peacefully suspended in the limbo between body and mind.
Materials used:
copper plate, etching needle, aquatint, softground, printmaking paper, etching press
Tags:
#copper plate etching #copperplate etching #scientific art #soft ground etching #dark psychedelic #anatomy etching #intaglio etching #surrealism #dark #limited edition #printmaking #etching #limited edition print #dark art #macabre #psychedelic #dark blue #death #surreal portrait #intaglio #aquatint #psychedelic art #anatomy #copper plate #intaglio printmaking #macabre art #anatomy drawing #anatomical illustration #scientific illustration #surreal illustration figurative #figurative illustrationFeatured by our Editors:
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This artwork is sold by Nathaniel Benjamin from United States
