Helen Eager Prints

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Helen Eager prints



Helen Eager

utopia art sydney

2 danks street, waterloo

prints

t 9699 2900


Helen Eager – Printmaker

Helen Eager’s large oeuvre of over 250 prints, spanning from the 1970s to today, embodies a dynamic artists’ passion for the medium. At the South Australian School of Art in the early 1970s, Eager majored in printmaking, with a particular interest in lithography. Soon after graduating Eager joined Watters Gallery, Sydney and over the ensuing years had many solo exhibitions that focused significantly on her printed works. Her prints from this period depict intimate domestic interiors where objects teeter and furniture slants against intricately patterned wallpaper. The incredible detailing and complexity of colour in these works attests to Eager’s significant skill and dedication as a printmaker. Eager has playfully commented, “I like to challenge a medium”. In some prints luscious painterly strokes come to the fore, whilst others emphasise a textural line-work. In early works collaged elements create interest on the surface, whilst in recent years Eager has experimented with digital printing. In her current language of geometric abstraction Eager has continued to produce unique prints that work alongside her practice in other mediums. The processes involved in printmaking – the repetitious layering of different colours, the production in multiples – have also had a strong influence on her painting and drawing, where surfaces are built up out of numerous layers of iridescent oils or of scrawling oil pastels. Helen Eager the printmaker is coexistent with Helen Eager the painter and Helen Eager the drawer: each practice informs the other. Chloe Watson, 2012


Cool Room, 1977, lithograph with collage, ed. 18, 36 x 45cm


Iron On Mess, 1977, lithograph, ed. 16, 34 x 47cm


The Art of Computer Programming, 1977, lithograph, ed. 15, 48 x 33cm


Chandelier, 1979, lithograph, ed. 15, 43.5 x 32.5cm


Running, 1979, relief linocut, ed. 18, 31 x 27cm


Red Room, 1981, lithograph, ed. 13, 41.5 x 32cm


Light Charms - Green Chair, 1984, lithograph, ed. 10, 43 x 30cm


The Table, 1986, lithograph with chine colle, ed. 6, 53.5 x 37cm


Handle, 1987, lithograph, ed. 20, 30 x 23.5cm


Site, 1988, relief woodcut, ed. 15, 94 x 64cm


N.Y. Transfer #4, 1991, lithograph, ed. 14, 20 x 23.5cm


Cup and Chair in Front of Window, 1993, lithorgraph, ed. 15, 22 x 28.5cm


Transit In, 1995, lithograph, ed. 7, 35.5 x 47cm


The Soft Night 3, 1995, lithograph, ed. 10, 19 x 21cm


Transit Party, 1995, lithograph, ed. 12, 23 x 17cm


Angle 3, 1997, lithograph, ed. 12, 17 x 13cm


Untitled, 1998, lithograph hand coloured, ed. 5, 26 x 29cm


Precipice #3, 2001, lithograph, ed. 17, 13 x 20cm


Precipice #6, 2001, lithograph, ed. 18, 13 x 20cm


Directions, 2004, inkjet print, ed. 15, 21 x 14.2cm


Helen Eager prints

Utopia Art Sydney 2 Danks Street Waterloo NSW 2017 Telephone: + 61 2 9699 2900 Facsimile: + 61 2 9699 2988 email: utopiaartsydney@ozemail.com.au www.utopiaartsydney.com.au Š Utopia Art Sydney


Utopia Art Sydney 2 Danks Street Waterloo NSW 2017 Telephone: + 61 2 9699 2900 Facsimile: + 61 2 9699 2988 email: utopiaartsydney@ozemail.com.au www.utopiaartsydney.com.au


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