Wednesday, March 27, 2013

linocut balance

Plasma by Karina Muayes
Linocut, 2011
currently in the The Old Print Gallery
Karima Muyaes was born in Mexico City, Mexico, in 1960. Her formal education began a the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), continued at the School of Fine Art at the Universidad de la Americans in Mexico City, and concluded at the School of Art in Toronto, Canada. Muyaes has studied with a number of renowned international artists including Santos Balmoir, Juan Alcazar, and Curlee Holton. For over ten years, Muyaes has been an integral part of the internationally famous Experimental Printmaking Institute at Lafayette College, Easton, PA. 
This linocut is depicting radial balance with the use of lines and has a very interesting composition even though the artist is just using simple lines. 

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