MAC Art Show: Wanderings in Prussian Blue by Amelia Cain
Join us from 5 to 7 pm on Friday, September 2nd for the opening reception of Amelia Cain’s Wanderings in Prussian Blue, at the MAC through September 25.
Human intervention increasingly plays a larger role in transforming the landscape we inhabit. Wanderings in Prussian Blue is a series of original cyanotype prints, part of my ongoing investigation into the ways humans interact and intersect with the patterns and rhythms of the natural world. This body of photographs, including camera-based images and photograms, explores the claiming and forfeiture of space and place within landscapes, both real and imagined. Using cyanotype, my images are exposed to sunlight, rinsed with water and dried in the wind. They embrace nature’s unpredictability and allow both choice and chance to factor into the outcome of each piece.
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Bio + Process:
Amelia Cain studied photography and art education at Tyler School of Art. Her work has appeared in both regional and national exhibitions. Cain’s latest works explore the cyanotype process. Combining digital photography with a 19th century printing process, cyanotypes bridge the past and present.
Cain applies photo-sensitive emulsion to each sheet of watercolor paper using a brush before printing. The artist’s hand and intent in the gestural strokes are visible and important. The process reveals layers of complexity, and is particularly suited to experimentation. The resulting images are unique and imperfect, painterly and lush. Foraged natural elements make an appearance in Cain’s works as ghostly photograms, a nod to Anna Atkin’s historical use of the process to document botanical findings.
Amelia Cain is a MAC Artists Collective Member. See more of her work here.