The Armory

The two print series King’s Cross and The Armory mark Kirsten Everberg’s first encounter with the medium of etching. In her paintings, Everbeg creates plasticity by applying thick layers of shiny, liquid paint in many colours creating a shimmering illusion of space. In her aquatint etchings, she achieves a similar effect using just one colour, by repeated application of liquid, transparent aquatint tones that she then breaks down again with open bite. The strategy is like a reversal of her painting praxis, removing, digging away, rather than building up material.