About The Artist:
Gilou Brillant
Have you seen the bottom of the sea, its fauna, flora, corals, indeterminacy where we have forced mimicry, immobility misleading, the reminiscences of our terrestrial environment. Is she Gilou inventorying the depths of the earth? she spelled alphabet-bestiary of human limitation? Is this a strain? Two eyes shining, a butterfly? Pupae whose corsets crack, seahorses Tuareg? The whole is a great strange dream-tragedy? If you like, as the heart...
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About The Medium:
Aquatint
An etching process in which tone is created by treating a plate with fine particles of acid resistant material (like powder resin) and then placing the plate in an acid bath. The acid bites into the plate between the grains of resin and when printed, the mass of tiny spots produces a textured area with tonal effects similar to watercolor wash.