Sam Friedman — Different Roads To The Same Destination
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Set of four 16-32-color Hand-Pulled Screen prints on Somerset Satin White 300gsm. Each print is deckled, numbered, and the last print in the set is signed by the artist.
20h x 20w inches each
Edition of 35
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Louis Buhl & Co. is pleased to present a new edition set with artist Sam Friedman, titled Different Roads To The Same Destination. A continuation of his “Cave Paintings,” Different Roads To The Same Destination distills natural phenomena (sunset, sunrise, rainfall) down to their most essential elements of line and color. Different Roads To The Same Destination is a set of four hand-pulled screenprints, each measuring 20h x 20w inches.
Like the New York Abstract Expressionists of the 1950s, Friedman explores abstraction in order to touch on concepts that are more existential in nature—life and death, love, spirituality, and a range of universal human emotions that allow the viewer to manifest their own pure and innate response. It is up close to his works that Friedman’s tenacity and presence of mind is most evident, where the expanses of color are broken down into long, incremental strokes. Evident in Different Roads To The Same Destination, the progression of line work is arresting, particularly at the point where shapes change and emerge, breaking a steady expanse of slow transition to introduce another. When it comes to the paintings that inspire Friedman’s prints, the use of a long-haired brush is a vital part of his process: it holds more paint than a standard paintbrush, and the responsiveness of its pliant hairs register subtle changes in pressure, direction, and speed with exceptional fluidity. These works aim to create a sense of peace, offering a harmonious environment where the viewer can "realign with their natural pace," and temporarily ease the pressures of the modern world.
