Birgit Blyth

Untitled XXII

2015

Unique cyanotype on rag paper 22 x 15 inches unframed 26 x 19 inches in simple white frame, AR non glare glass This contemporary unique blue cyanotype photograph was completed by Birgit Blyth in 2015. Cyanotypes are the beautiful result of a photographic printing process that produces a blueprint. The artist created the image by laying blank CD cases...

15 x 12 inches in black metal frame with non-glare glass Unique chromoskedasic monoprint on black and white photo paper, gloss finish This contemporary, abstract style chromoskedasi...

Abstract digital print on black/white photo paper 31.5 x 26.5 inches in custom black stained wood frame with black 8 ply mat and AR non glare glass These energetic prints are digital copies of original handmade monoprints by photographer Birgit Blyth. Without the use of a camera, the artist produced the original chromoskedasic image by applying the photographic chemicals to black and white photo pager and exposing it to light. The rich black, faded gold, and crisp white tones are determined by the different chemicals used and the amount of time they are exposed to light. In this piece, Blyth painted gestural, intersecting lines to create a grid-like pattern that falls back in space. About the artist and work: Birgit Blyth is one of our most innovative and prolific photographers who works in a darkroom yet uses no camera! Blyth has been experimenting with a technique known as Chromoskedasic painting since the early ‘90s and variations on this concept have been shown at the gallery for the last 20 years. The unusual process involves the use of silver particles in black and white photographic paper to scatter light at different wavelengths when exposed. A chemist of sorts, Blyth demonstrates a thorough knowledge of how the various photographic chemicals will react when applied to paper and exposed. Each work is unique with palettes that resonate brilliant tonalities of brown, green, black, and purple. Using this technique, Blyth creates abstract crosshatching grids and most recently has developed a more gestural series of 20 x 16 inch chromoskedasic paintings that explores the ethereal qualities made possible by the unconventional material. Birgit Blyth succeeds at keeping her work fresh and cutting-edge using analog methods that are being quickly replaced elsewhere with digital technology. Artist Resume: Born: Kousted, Denmark Resident in U.S.A. since 1963 Education: Denmark and U.S.A. Project, Inc., Cambridge MA (Photography) DeCordova Museum School, Lincoln MA (Printmaking) Maine Photography...

Abstract still life photograph of a magenta cana lily flower on a white sky background Photograph printed on Japanese Kozo paper infused with encaustic Edition 1/12, 36 x 22.5 inches...

20 x 16 inches Unique chromoskedasic monoprint on black and white photo paper with gloss finish This contemporary, abstract style chromoskedasic monoprint was created by experimenta...

unique chromoskedasic monoprint on B&W photo paper 14 x 11 inches unframed 20 x 16 inches in black metal frame with non-glare glass This contemporary, abstract style chromoskedasic ...

Lois Conner Hangzhou, Zheijiang, China, 1998 Pigment ink on Hahnemühle cotton paper 17 x 35 1/2 inches (sheet) 29 3/8 x 45 3/4 inches (frame) AP 3 Signed

For a contemporary color photograph of a spiral staircase in Rome Roberta Fineberg captures the symmetrical cylindrical abstract quality of a building stairwell n the Eternal City. F...

Photo-respiration Yura #340, 1998 by Japanese artist Tokihiro Sato is a contemporary abstract photograph signed by the artist. Sato used a large-format camera for a long exposure ima...

Joy of Color, 2002 by Yasuhiro Ishimoto is a contemporary color photograph from an extensive documentary photography series of Japan that Nagano shot on assignment. The image is hand-signed on recto (front left margin) by the photographer. This is an archival pigment print on Hahnemule Fine Art paper printed 2005 under the direction of the photographer. The 19" x 13" work is from the portfolio "Masters of Modern Photography. Japan," Tokyo. Edition available: 87/100. Provenance: Private Collector *** Artist’s Bio: Yasuhiro Ishimoto a Japanese photographer was born in 1921. His work was chosen by Edward Steichen to appear in the Family of Man exhibition and catalogue at the Museum of Modern Art in 1955, and Steichen also selected his work for a three-person exhibition in 1961. From 1973-1993 Ishimoto produced a number of in-camera color abstractions that appeared as covers for a Japanese magazine. Ishimoto's exhibitions, include New Japanese Photography at the Museum of Modern Art in 1974, solo shows in 1960 and 1999 at the Art Institute of Chicago, a retrospective in 1989–1990 at Seibu Museum of Art in Tokyo, and an exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, in 1996. His later photography addressed the transitory nature of life as shown in photographs of clouds...

A contemporary color photograph Love Letter, 2016 by Roberta Fineberg is a digital art work on baryta paper. An optical illusion, the work is comprised of flower petals divided into ...

Central themes in Morris' art practice are the connections between contemporary Indigenous experience and contemporary cultural practices and their continuation and evolution. By rec...