Entering Diane Victor’s Reap and Sow at David Krut Projects in Chelsea, one immediately encounters “The Grand Magician” (2012), a large format drypoint intaglio print combining Escher-esque spatial distortions with caricature in the vein of Honoré Daumier. The print depicts a behatted illusionist smiling deviously as he presents his twisted creation: a fountain that pumps filth in an impossible perpetual cycle.
Entering Diane Victor’s Reap and Sow at David Krut Projects in Chelsea, one immediately encounters “The Grand Magician” (2012), a large format drypoint intaglio print combining Escher-esque spatial distortions with caricature in the vein of Honoré Daumier. The print depicts a behatted illusionist smiling deviously as he presents his twisted creation: a fountain that pumps filth in an impossible perpetual cycle.
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