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“River” depicts ripples and reflections on the surface of the Seine River in Paris, but the absence of a skyline makes the image hover on the edge of abstraction. Philip Van Keuren’s images are prompted by everyday observations that reveal the world as sublimely beautiful while simultaneously unknowable. This print, made from the artist’s original 35mm camera negative using the historical technique of photogravure, is hand-printed from a single etched copper plate in black ink. It is from a series of forty photogravures by the artist, collectively titled “Toward What Sun?”.
