BETHLEHEM STEEL
THE EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD
STEEL MILLS
The mills
That grind and grind,
That grind out new steel
And grind away the lives
Of men,--
In the sunset
Their stacks
Are great black silhouettes
Againset the sky.
In the dawn
They belch red fire.
The mills,--
Grinding out new steel,
Old men
Langston Hughes, 1925
ARTIST STATEMENT
Bethlehem Steel was a hive of the Industrial Age. To live under bellowing stacks, to work in fiery furnaces, to make molten steel from coal. To build the melting pot that made America a manufacturing power. A cultural legend, an icon of American life, a true hero archetype. In this series I use Architectural shapes and textures of eroding steel as a metaphoric narrative to lead the viewer beyond withering steel, peeling paint, and rust. To see past the pictorial dichotomy of the element’s ugliness, to engage viscerally, to feel its inherent beauty, to have a faithful dialogue within oneself
PIGMENT INK PRINTS
“If we do not live where we work and when we work we are wasting our lives and our work too.”
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Details
This collection includes 24 x 36 inch archival pigment prints on Hahnemühle Baryta paper, available in a Limited Edition each priced at $1,250.00. All prints are signed, numbered, and dated by the artist on print verso. Additionally, custom-sized one-off prints, both larger and smaller, are available, as well as an Artist Four Print Edition. Please inquire for more details..
Prints are released in an edition of 5, plus one A/P master print held by the artist. (AP + Ed. 1/5 )
No.01, Bethlehem Steel, From the series Bethlehem Steel, The Eighth Wonder Of The World portfolio, 2023,
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania,
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle Baryta, signed, numbered, and dated on print verso,
AP + Ed. 1/5
24 x 36 inch