Soft Touch on the Deckle
02.03–26.3.2023, Ratamo Gallery, Jyväskylä, Finland
With the body of work Soft Touch on the Deckle, the artist focuses on the process and the materiality of print, emphasizing small movements of water and oil, as well as the meeting points between surfaces of the stone, paper and the body of the artist. Erikson has produced her own lithographic tusche, a drawing material that is diluted with solvents brushed on the stone in its liquid form. Dried coatings of tusche washes on the surface of the stone result in reticulation, that can be seen as an abstract landscape. In the printing process both matter and meaning are compressed on the paper by the pressure of the press. In this way, the paper becomes a site of communication where touch between the artist and the material as well as the stone´s geological strata are intertwined. Through these interactions and contact events new forms of co-existence and non-hierarchical ways of communication emerge.
Exhibition worklist:
Fluid Matter
2023. Print installation with self-made lithographic tusche and dried ink skins. Lithography on Fabriano Artistico. Á 90×63 cm
Dawn
2022. Lithography on Rives. 28,5×22 cm. Edition of 6
Soft Moment II
2023. Lithography on Tengu-jo, Somerset Satin. 37×30 cm
Earth Skin I-III
2023. Lithography on Kitakata, 52×43 cm. Edition of 2
Soft Moment III
2023. Lithography on Tengu-jo, Somerset Satin. 39×30 cm
Soft Moment IV
2023. Lithography on Tengu-jo. 38×31×4 cm
Two Bodies
2022. Lithography stone. Lithography on Zerkall and handmade hemp paper. 76,5×64 cm. Edition of 11