Night

Sarah Sze|LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University

2003 · Lithograph in colors with screenprint · Drawings and Prints

In dynamic and intricate assemblages created with such humble everyday objects as Q-tips, paper envelopes, plastic water bottles, plants, and ladders, Sze explores a range of issues, including value, memory, and perception. Here, the artist conveys a similar poetic power and sense of disorientation in two-dimensional form. Using screenprint, lithography, and digital elements, she layers delicate architectural drawings, art historical references, cosmological details, and renderings of infrastructure, which, when combined with abstract elements, create constellations that seem to expand beyond the confines of the frame. Both Untitled and the later print Night reflect a similar engagement with form, scale, motion, and environment; from a distance, the more abstract elements dominate, yet a closer inspection reveals finely rendered architectural details.

Artist

Sarah Sze|LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University

Date

2003

Medium

Lithograph in colors with screenprint

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

John B. Turner Fund, 2017