An intricately detailed works by Roland Flexner use an ink that is delivered via his breath on paper - ink bubble drawing. Playing with gravity and chance is the primary roles in creating his unique imagery, which balances on the periphery of psychedelic landscapes and abstraction.
These works are created using a traditional Japanese decorative technique called suminagashi. A piece of paper is laid directly on top of ink that is floating “on” water or another liquid agent, such as gelatin, resulting in a marbling effect. Flexner takes this age-old process a step further, however, by altering the composition just moments before the ink absorbs—tilting, blowing, or blotting the image with a brush. Flexner turned to this process after realizing that his use of sumi ink and soap did not produce the range of tonalities he desired in the final image (albrightknox.org).
“From the bubble to the sumi and liquid graphite drawings, my approach is always similar. I make a bubble drawing or a sumi transfer, and the first ones will be, of course, a total surprise . . . you are not only documenting the flow of ink and the characteristics of the medium, but you are pushing a picture, if that’s the aim. And, my aim is to produce a picture—to make a drawing that has pictorial qualities.” (Flexner said, taken from albrightknox.org)
Roland Flexner born in Nice, France . Lives in New York City.
You can visit http://www.rolandflexner.com to view his works.
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