| Artist Profiles John Klof Painting / Printmaking John Klof’s prints are derived through the use of photographic media as a base element, digitally manipulated to include elements that lend symbolism and weight to the resulting image. Drawing from themes of self-reflection and religious dogma, images are transferred to paper by a variety of traditional printmaking approaches adapted for the digital age. Images are transferred to paper or canvas via hand burnishing or lithographic press. Graphite, charcoal, conte crayon or paint will, at times, be worked into the transferred image. The artist uses transfers with lithography, etching, drawings, paintings and paper mezzotint techniques. A number of symbols or other elements generally re-appear in printed works. The hammer and sickle represent the idea of dogma, either religious or otherwise. In the artist’s view dogmatic ideas can have dictatorial bias and should be exposed. Antlers represent the beauty and tenacity of natural belief systems. Fish have a religious connotation and, coupled with the hammer and sickle, represent polluted doctrines. Mathematics and formulas support the idea of rigidity and force. |
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| Website: www.jk.mysite.com Klof at LACDA Contact: klof@netzero.com |
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