![[no title] by Terry Winters](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd2w8kbdekdi1gv.cloudfront.net%2FeyJidWNrZXQiOiAiYXJ0ZXJhLWltYWdlcy1idWNrZXQiLCAia2V5IjogImFydHdvcmtzLzk2OGEyMjY2LTg2YjctNDIwMS04NTA3LTAxYzkzMDU0N2UxOC85NjhhMjI2Ni04NmI3LTQyMDEtODUwNy0wMWM5MzA1NDdlMThfZnVsbC5qcGciLCAiZWRpdHMiOiB7InJlc2l6ZSI6IHsid2lkdGgiOiAxOTIwLCAiaGVpZ2h0IjogMTkyMCwgImZpdCI6ICJpbnNpZGUifX19&w=3840&q=75)
Dimensions: image: 200 x 168 mm image: 90 x 60 mm
Copyright: © Terry Winters | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: This intriguing print by Terry Winters features a peculiar form covered in dots and an X-ray. It feels…biological, yet strangely abstract. What do you make of this juxtaposition? Curator: Biological is a good starting point. Winters often explored scientific imagery, and I see cellular structures, maybe even a playful nod to the body. The X-ray, stark and clinical, contrasts beautifully with the almost whimsical polka-dot figure. Do you feel a tension there? Editor: Absolutely! It's like the known versus the unknown within ourselves. It also highlights the connection between the inner, unseen workings of our bodies with the way we represent it outwardly. Curator: Precisely! Winters blurs those boundaries, inviting us to consider the hidden landscapes within. Perhaps he's suggesting that art, like science, is a form of exploration. I think that's beautiful. Editor: Me too. I'll definitely be thinking about those hidden landscapes from now on.
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These prints are from a portfolio that Winters made in the late 1980s. By setting two plates on all but the first of the prints, he was able to contrast different registers of image and different techniques. The lower images are photogravures taken from nineteenth-century anatomical reproductions, while the upper images are drawn directly by the artist on polyester film for transfer to aquatint. Though far from illustrational, the evocative abstractions suggest a microscopic enlargement of the accompanying parts of the human body. Gallery label, February 2008
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