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 honored to have collaborated with Helen Pashgian on three different limited print editions that continue the artist's exploration of color and optical perception. The latest edition, Untitled (the Red Lens), recreates on paper the mystical effect that Pashgian's lenses have in a controlled environment. Like the earlier edtitions, Untitled (the Orange Lens) and Untitled (the Green Lens), this print on paper captures the "presences in space" with its evolving vibration of color.
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.
