Harold Lohner
Printmaking
Drawing from found images, my prints explore masculine identity and male relationships with references from Classical to Pop Art. Printmaking provides me a way to take apart images, to recombine and reassemble them. I draw bold images in ink using a subtractive technique, then transfer them to paper or fabric. I build my monoprints one color at a time, creating complex layers that both veil and reveal my subjects. I use color and pattern to camouflage and to call attention, taking a cue from animals, birds, and flowers. In this way, male pride gives way to male beauty and male strength becomes vulnerability.
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