Ivan Forde

Lower East Side Printshop is pleased to announce a new benefit edition by artist Ivan Forde (Keyholder Artist-in-Residence '14) to commemorate the 20th year in its spacious new home in Midtown West.

Ivan Forde is a contemporary artist based in New York, working across photography, printmaking, collage, sound performance, and installation. His benefit edition Untitled, or Self Portrait (as a poem) marks an uncommon title for the artist, who rarely frames his work as self-portraiture, though he often appears within the landscapes inspired by poetry found within his art practice. Created after meaningful time in London and Tokyo for exhibitions, the piece reflects the influence of Japanese aesthetics in its deliberate use of open space. It considers what is expressed and left unspoken, as well as how nature, here symbolized as a bird, is intricately situated inside the body. This piece allows space to meditate on how our bodies are tied to the environment in often unseen or unexpressed ways.

The purchase of this benefit edition supports the future of the Lower East Side Printshop and its programs to provide contemporary artists affordable opportunities to create new work.