The unique part of the work is the after image. No one knows why this is happening. The sculpture is made of equal layers of orange and yellow. The extraordinary thing is that on paper the viewer sees strong aqua and violet after images. In the print, one is getting more than the eye can see. It is, itself, a completely new work of art.
- Helen Pashgian
The Lapis Press is pleased to present a new edition by Helen Pashgian, Untitled (the Green Lens), 2024. This edition of 7 pigment prints on paper is a continuation of her lifelong examination of the transitory perception of light. In Untitled (the Green Lens), pink flashes appear around the green edges and into the borders of the print. This print on paper captures on paper the ephemeral quality of her complex installations.
Helen Pashgian (b. 1934) is one of the preeminent artists of the Light and Space movement that transformed contemporary art in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Known for her large, colorful resin, epoxy and fiberglass sculptures which require special lighting in a specifically constructed environment, Pashgian explores the mysterious space between the eye and the brain where the perception of color emanates from a reaction to the light reflecting off the object.
