Julie Sass’ painterly work consists of overlaying partially transparent layers with geometric forms. The interrelation between those forms is also at the core of the artist’s exploration in her etching projects. Here Sass was able to form the partial transparent layers with the help of different printmaking techniques – aquatint and chine-collé.
Space, Matter and Materiality
Shifts in colour and texture are important elements in Sass’ artistic research. Her primer concerns as an artist are space, matter and materiality. When writing about Julie Sass’ artistic practice the Art critic Peter Michael Hornung described it as a process where pictures are built. In fact, Sass’ graphics can be seen as a sort of construction. Each new element in the composition leads to the next.
A State of Flux
By playing with the composition and modifying the tactile properties of the elements she works with gives her work the feeling of being in a state of flux. It feels like the balance she manages to achieve is momentary and yet, Sass succedes to create a sense of harmony. In fact, Julie Sass’ etchings can be seen as a sort of architecture as each element is essential for the balance of the composition without which the harmony would be lost. This fragile equilibrium, that Sass so skilfully manages to achieve, becomes then the key element of engagement between the viewer and her work.
Julie Sass, born 1971, lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. She studied visual art at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and at New York University, NY (MFA), where she specialized in painting. Later she received her MA in Theory & Mediation from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, Denmark.
JULIE SASS
Untitled (common unconscious, conscious), 2018
Sugarlift aquatint & white ground aquatint
with blind embossing and angled edge
Printed on Somerset White Satin 300 g.
60 x 48 cm
Edition of 16
Signed & numbered by the artist
Printed & published by Printer’s Proof
Price: 540 € (25% Danish VAT included)
JULIE SASS
Untitled (blue, red, brown, yellow, sienna), 2018
Sugarlift aquatint, spit bite aquatint &
white ground aquatint with angled edge
Printed on Somerset White Satin 300 g.
60 x 48 cm
Edition of 16
Signed & numbered by the artist
Printed & published by Printer’s Proof
Price: 540 € (25% Danish VAT included)
JULIE SASS
Untitled (brown, ultramarine. prussian, grey), 2018
Sugarlift aquatint & white ground aquatint
with blind embossing and angled edge
Printed on Somerset White Satin 300 g.
60 x 48 cm
Edition of 16
Signed & numbered by the artist
Printed & published by Printer’s Proof
Price: 540 € (25% Danish VAT included)
JULIE SASS
Untitled (#II), 2017
Hard ground etching, spite bite & sugar lift aquatint
with hand painted chine-collé elements
Printed on Hahnemühle Bütten 350 g.
54 x 39 cm
Edition Variable of 22
Signed & numbered by the artist
Printed & published by Printer’s Proof
Price: 540 € (25% Danish VAT included)
JULIE SASS
Untitled (#III), 2017
Hard ground etching, spite bite & sugar lift aquatint
with hand painted chine-collé elements
Printed on Hahnemühle Bütten 350 g.
54 x 39 cm
Edition Variable of 22
Signed & numbered by the artist
Printed & published by Printer’s Proof
Price: 540 € (25% Danish VAT included)
JULIE SASS
Untitled (#I), 2016
Hard ground etching & sugar lift aquatint
with a hand painted chine-collé element
Printed on Hahnemühle Bütten 350 g.
54 x 39 cm
Edition Variable of 22
Signed & numbered by the artist
Printed & published by Printer’s Proof
Price: 405 € (25% Danish VAT included)