Dimensions: image: 353 x 277 mm
Copyright: © Terry Winters | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Curator: This is a print by Terry Winters, currently without a title, from the Tate Collections. The artist was born in 1949. Editor: My first impression is of something caught, like light through dense foliage or a distorted digital interface. It's a disquieting yet intriguing image. Curator: Winters is often associated with a revival of abstract painting, moving away from the dominance of Minimalism and Conceptual art in the 1970s. His work often explores systems of knowledge, echoing scientific diagrams and organic structures. Editor: The interplay of line and texture is compelling. Notice how the top and bottom bands, rendered in darker ink, frame the chaotic network of lines. It lends the piece a feeling of constrained energy. Curator: Yes, and his prints often engage with the visual language of science. Winters is deeply engaged in how knowledge is visually encoded and disseminated within society. Editor: Ultimately, this piece feels like an exploration of boundaries, of how order and chaos coexist. Curator: Indeed. Winters' work encourages us to consider how we visually interpret complex systems and knowledge structures.
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This work, from a portfolio called Set of Ten, is one of ten etchings based on the paintings Winters was working on concurrently. Winters often revisits ideas in different bodies of work, creating sets and subsets of works that interact with and inform each other. The images in these prints relate to Winters’ various interests in communications technology, social structures and microbiology.