Basic Information
Title: Nested Swallows Version I
Artist(s):
Roman Verostko
Date Created: 1997
Description
description from direct communication with the artist:
“Shown at SIGGRAPH in 1997 this work was part of my “Struggle” series that was first shown at Artec’95 in Nagoya Japan.
The characters are non-rational strokes generated with coordinates that control the key stroke (brush stroke and also shown illuminated with gold leaf in the top version. The entire structure was realized from one set of control points.”
Detail images of the work
signed and dated lower right in graphite titled and dedicated “to Anne with best wishes, Roman” lower left in graphite
signed and dated lower right in graphite artist’s seal printed in red ink lower left description from direct communication with the artist: “The original version was water damaged while in transit. Insurance value could not replace the original so I made this version as a replacement. In this version the key brush stroke was made […]
from The Laws of the Operations of the Human Mind: An Excerpt From the Writings of George Boole (1815 – 1864). Illustrated by Roman Verostko with Alice Wagstaff assisting. printed and published by: Saint Sebastian Press, Minneapolis, 1990. description from direct communication with the artist: “Illustrations show the fron & end pieces for each copy […]
signed and dated lower right in graphite description from direct communication with the artist: “Text quoted from Black Elk Speaks, Chapter III: The Great Vision – Then I was standing on the highest mountain of them all and round that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight, and in the center grew one […]
