Seated FigureJerome Kaplan gradually broke with traditional canons of printmaking, particularly the production of editioned lithographs, to explore more private realms of artistic expression. Magnifying the autobiographical preoccupations of his earlier work, Kaplan's art became increasingly introspective beginning in the mid 1980s. At the same time, his experimentalism consistently challenged accepted notions of finish. It is this powerful fascination with

The poetry and songs of Cuba provide literary and philosophical ideas

The prints were also inspired by music

The transmission of photographically derived images and images formed through optical phenomena are primary elements and are manifested through projection

For many years

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7 x 5 3/8 inches

sometimes moving through the space of the canvas or paper the image of the pendulum that

Words like race

as dreams are prone to do

I'm just doing what I enjoy

however transitory and ephemeral

The old saying “Eyes are the doorway to the soul” is present in the piece