Bryan Nash Gill, Outtakes, 2012
15 unique woodcut prints on Rieves BFK paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Dimensions range from 6.2 x 9.5" to 7 x 11"
Edition of 15
Since the incorporation of the Esopus Foundation Ltd. in 2003, we have asked contemporary artists to create limited editions that we offer in exchange for donations. Revenue from these artworks allows us to continue our mission of providing an unmediated, accessible forum for artists and the general public.
These limited editions are not for sale; therefore, a portion of their value is tax-deductible per the Internal Revenue Code. Donors will receive an email receipt for their records.
Bryan Nash Gill begins installation of "What Was Will Be Again" at Esopus Space in 2012.
The late artist Bryan Nash Gill (1961–2013) created these unique woodcut prints during the process of designing “What Was Will Be Again,” a site-specific installation at Esopus Space. The project consisted of a 122-square-foot woodcut print with applied monoprint that completely covered the north wall of the gallery. Gill conceived of the piece after attending an opening at the gallery, where he noticed its OSB particle-board flooring, noting: “I am easily mesmerized by the natural patterning of wood, and I had never seen a subflooring used as a finish flooring. I wanted to foreground it even further by creating a one-to-one relationship between the horizontal space of the floor and the vertical space of the wall.”
Bryan Nash Gill (1961–2013) earned a B.F.A. from Tulane University in 1984 and an M.F.A. from the California College of the Arts four years later. A California Arts Council Fellow, Gill exhibited his work at numerous galleries and museums, including the New Britain Museum of American Art, the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, and the Berkshire Art Museum. Gill was commissioned to create an installation for the American Pavilion at the Japanese World’s Fair in Aichi, Japan, in 2005. Woodcut, a book featuring a series of his large-format woodblock prints, was published in 2012 by Princeton Architectural Press.