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Artwork copyright Kathy Fridstein. Photo courtesy of the artist.
New Mexico #2, 1992
Kathy Fridstein
American (born 1953)
Location: Pasco High School, Pasco
About the Artwork
Artist Kathy Fridstein printed the photograph New Mexico #2 in her own darkroom. She projected the negative onto a wall before developing the print using large hand-built troughs. She then applied chalk pastel after the print dried to create a subtle sepia tone. She notes that this piece "relates how ancient markings retain their power even today. The merging of contemporary hand shadows with ancient petroglyphs of hands suggests that we are connected to our past."
This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Pasco School District.
About the Artist
Photographer Kathy Fridstein creates compositions that explore the gesture and meaning of graffiti, petroglyphs, and other symbolic forms and methods of pictorial communication.Fridstein received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Beloit College in Wisconsin in 1976. She served as a teaching artist for Seattle's Art in the Public Schools Program and a photography instructor for the Pacific Science Center in Seattle.
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