In spring 2013, Highpoint Editions was delighted to release Wayland, in which screenprinting and lithography simulate tape, scuffs, and dust on paper. In modern and contemporary painting, tape has been used by artists as a tool for creating crisp edges. Owing to this history, this print is, to Norsten, “a picture of a paint material.” The conceptual basis for the work is rooted in an interest in drawing attention to this sometimes invisible tool. In Wayland, the evocative use of text speaks to the boundary-defining role tape historically served, creating a paradox wherein, as Norsten says, “words that claim to be one thing … are made by something that is designed to be its opposite.”
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