Richard Anuszkiewicz:
The Inward Eye Series
September 19, 2008 — August 30, 2009
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Richard Anuszkiewicz is considered one of the original founders of the Op Art movement, the style of painting in the second half of the twentieth century that explored the nature of color and visual perception through the use of simple linear forms and geometric shapes.
Anuszkiewicz’s (pronounced Ah-nuhss-KAY-vitch) print series Inward Eye consists of eleven serigraphs or silk-screened images on paper, each with individual folios. It was produced by the Aquarius Press and printed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1970. Inward Eye offers a concise survey of the color experiments and diverse compositional approaches that characterized the artist’s early career.
This series offers an interesting complement to art typically regarded as rational and scientific. Each image is accompanied by the words of the 1800s visionary poet and artist William Blake, whose imaginative views were counter to the rationalists of his day. In these selections, Blake’s principal argument is that divinity is humanity released from the limitations of reason. The process for doing this intensifies the bodily senses, allowing the physical world to be transfigured.
This edition of the Inward Eye series was presented as a gift by Lu Ann Bear in memory of Jack and Marcelle Bear. The Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville is grateful for this important gift, and is pleased to present the Inward Eye series as a recent acquisition to its permanent collection.
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Series credits (all images)
Inward Eye, 1970
serigraph, 25 7/16 × 19 5/8 inches
MOCA Jacksonville Permanent Collection, gift of Lu Ann Bear in memory of Jack and Marcelle Bear
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