Drole de ciel Etching while also reflecting key ideas

while also reflecting key ideas associated with Pop Art and the transformation of celebrity into image

we are looking at a clear reference to Ogata Kōrin and the visual legacy of the Rinpa school

the sharply defined monochrome fields can be read not only as chromatic contrasts

trees and streams became in his hands vehicles for structure

Drole de ciel Etching while also reflecting key ideasEmbossed etching on paper signed in pencil by the artist and numbered edition of 35. Not many artists have researched as much into engraving as Antoni Clav has. His works on paper have many textures that the artist would achieve adding matter to the plate (carborundum is done by adding metallic powder to the stone to get a creased texture on the paper) or putting objects directly on it so the form of them would be stamped (embossing).