Mamma Andersson | Etchings

Mamma Andersson conveys three evocative scenes in her new etchings with a confident use of the multifaceted language of intaglio printing.
Throughout her oeuvre, Mamma Andersson has explored and reshaped the genres of still life, interiors, and landscapes. In these prints Andersson expresses haunting moods of quiet mystery, and subtle connections appear through their colours and scenic atmospheres. Potpurri is striking for its combination of a still life composition against a background of a sepia toned stylized landscape, while the two other etchings Morgon and Bakgård convey idyllic scenes of a meandering river and a sheer cliff face in the landscape.
Butterflies light up at dawn in Morgon, while a river winding its way through the landscape makes up the main motif. The image is an open invitation to become immersed in nature as the scenery dissolves into the horizon. In contrast, a view of the landscape is abruptly blocked by a looming mountainside that dominates Bakgård, while a delicately glowing sky appears in the background through the trees.
In their own right, each etching is a testimony to Andersson’s uncanny ability to translate unspoken moods into imagery through her use of a combination of intaglio techniques, giving voice to her striking visual language. Tactile qualities of nature are evoked with the combined use of finely etched lines, the blurs of the drypoint technique, together with the painterly brushstroke effects of spit bite and sugar lift aquatints.




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