Double Vision: Donna Gordon

There is a dynamic flow between details of events that have occurred and the memories of them that we hold. Donna Gordon, in her printed impressions, transforms her personal photographs into dreamscapes of a world lost in time.

The theme of duality belongs to the realm of contemporary printmaking. Although making multiples is intrinsic to the medium, printmakers still have the opportunity to create unique variations of an image that bring a slight shift in meaning. Often the differences between prints can be subtle. Integral to this process is the medium of photo transfer paper lithography, a method that can be unpredictable and changeable, when details disappear in favor of an overall sense of lapse, like a change in perspective. Her monotypes are a printmaker’s sensual feast of texture: rolled out tones, figurative shapes, and drips and splatters. In her layered narrative abstractions, Donna Gordon explores imagery that brings emotional weight to the idea of “otherness.”  -Kate Hanlon