Photographed unframed - shown at the supplied resolution (0 px)
Wellen (Waves)
Ruediger Ganslandt · 3 works in this exhibition
- MediumIntaglio print on paper
- Image size15 x 20 cm - framed 31 x 43 cm
- Edition1 of 25
- Year2025
Online checkout is not open yet - reserve this work or send an enquiry and we will invoice you directly.
About the artist
In an age when images can be created with a single click on a mobile and accessed anywhere in the world with another click, printmaking with its slow, artisanal process takes on a significance beyond its historical function as a means of reproduction. For me, the process of etching and printing is at least as important as the motif, and this process should leave a distinct mark on the picture. This means deciding against printing techniques that are close to pictorialist photography and opting instead to grapple with copper, acids, lyes and a challenging dry film that significantly limits grey scale and resolution. For me, my role as an artist lies in isolating a motif in the frame of a photo, in further reducing it towards the meaning that made me choose it, and then in controlling a process that (hopefully) makes this meaning visible in an intaglio print. My inspiration comes primarily from the coastal landscape in which I live or the places I travel to.
Born in 1955. I graduated in art at RWTH Aachen University (Germany). Alongside the compulsory specialisation in sculpture, my personal focus was on etching and photography. Even whilst I was a student, I had the opportunity to contribute to a number ofinterdisciplinary books on modern art history. Keyboard and screen gradually pushed printing press and camera further into the background, and writing about an ever-wider range of topics became my profession for many years. However, I have now picked up where I left off during my student days and am working on developing my own visual language for photo etchings.
About the artwork
Photo etching on copper. Dry negative-film, double exposed with a stochastic aquatint screen and a positive slide. Etched with Iron III chloride. Printed on my ABIG 17030 press with Akua intaglio ink carbon black on Hahnemühle paper 350 g/m2, soft surface, natural white. I live in a small fishing village on the German coast, right where the Weser estuary opens into the North Sea. At high tide, shallow water covers the tidal creeks and sands of the mudflats. With the changes of light and wind (or a passing cargo ship in the fairway at the horizon), the patterns of the waves vary permanently, offering multiple opportunities to capture the moment.