WSG Gallery is pleased to present

Takeshi Takahara
Back to Work
June 7 - July 15, 2023

An opening reception for the artist will be held at the gallery

Friday June 9, 2023, 5-7 pm,

All are invited to the opening reception, which is free and open to the public.

Masks are optional

What If…? I

Artist Statement:

"I wanted to take a slightly different approach in making intaglio prints for this exhibit.

An idea and challenge was to create a set of prints by reusing the same plate

repeatedly by scraping it after printing. This created a palimpsest, a ghost of the

previous image, which caused me to look and ask the question, ‘what next?’.

The physical Key plate was used throughout the 9 intaglio prints in the exhibit. Each

print required an additional set of color plates. The printmaking process is about

continuation, not as a means to an end. It raises lots of questions and demands

revisions in the process.

So what do I ask of a print?

I ask it to surprise, agitate, seduce, mystify, and perhaps convince.

One quality these prints share is that they all make me want to go back to work.”

— Takeshi Takahara

What if…? II