Joyce Westrop (Ottawa, Canada) Large Format Print Titled ‘Eridanus’ 2004
Joyce Westrop (Ottawa, Canada), Large Format Framed Print.Titled ‘Eridanus’. 2004. Edition 2/2, Measures 54 x 54 inches / 4.5 feet x 4/5 feet) with frame. Framed in a brushed silver metal frame with plexiglass. Print is titled, signed, edition and dated in pencil on the bottom of white border.
Asking $1950 framed.
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Gallery Elder
121 Richmond Rd.
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada, K1Z 6V9
613-222-9415
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We believe that patina, and signs of use and wear on the antique items we present add to the character of the pieces themselves – and in turn, we hope that these items can provide a beautiful textural element to your space, unachievable with items born today.
About the Artist
“As a contemporary abstract artist, I use the language of abstraction as a conceptual tool to explore a range of complex themes, such as the environment and sustainability, or consumer culture and how we see our world. To start this exploration, I use motifs or case studies that serve as proxies for those broader themes. The use of stand-ins leads me away from specifics of my original theme and guides me towards more open-ended explorations in terms of desire, consequences, faith, and perception. It also introduces an air of absurdity and/or tension where the unexpected can happen.”
At the University of Ottawa, Joyce Westrop majored in drawing and sculpture, she participated in various exhibitions and received awards for creative achievement. After graduating with a BFA in 2001 (magna cum laude), Westrop studied printmaking at the Ottawa School of Art. She exhibits extensively. Westrop’s work is in many collections, including the Art Bank of Canada and the City of Ottawa. She has received grants for her work from the City of Ottawa and Ontario Arts Council. Since 2006, Westrop has been a member of the Enriched Bread Artists collective (EBA) in Ottawa.
Artist Statement:
Transference
Prints from Steel plates and plywood. In this installation I used printmaking as a metaphor for our search for meaning in the universe. Prints, as possible answers to hypothetical questions; a call and response. Through a long process involving my car, I took 2 intaglio prints from each of the twelve steel plates (4×4 ft) that had been prepared with images of the constellations as part of a sculptural installation. It struck me as appropriate that the force used in intaglio printing, compression, was the conceptual beginning of that project. Of the two prints, I developed one further with multiple layers of relief printing and mixed-media. The first print spoke to the information gathered, and the second became how we interpret that knowledge.
See the use of the metal plates used in making the print offered here:
Universe
Etched, ground and welded steel plates. My ideas of space oscillate between science and myth, Astronomy and Astrology. What would it mean if I blended the two concepts into one object? To find out, I used the size and weight of twelve sheets of steel as a scientific approximation of compressing the infinite vacuum of space into a sixteenth of an inch. I drew the constellations and star charts onto the steel by welding, drilling and grinding. Then I suspended the night sky from a grid structure. By blending of the symbols of “real” space and “represented” space I came up with something that seems truer, like an avatar of space. I use this avatar to explore our relationship with the Universe and the meaning we find in its complex system of remote stars.
