The Gallery at Skink Ink Editions announces an exhibition of prints by;

Madeline Von Foerster Title: Cabinet

Exhibition dates: Sept 22nd. to Oct 23rd. 2011 Gallery hours: 11am to 6pm Thursday through Sunday Opening: Thursday, Sept. 22nd. 7pm to 9pm

In this series Madeline Von Foerster uses the sensuousness and luminosity of 15th century Flemish painting techniques to allure the viewer into an encounter with our problematic relationship to nature. These masterful works originally rendered in tempera paints and glazes will be reproduced as high quality giclée prints on cotton rag paper.

The subject of each work is the environment, more specifically, how we fetishize nature and how we often use it for our own selfish purposes. By placing endangered species within Curiosity Cabinets of the Enlightenment, Von Foerster, evokes an awareness to the truth of our own self-sabotaging, which we often confuse with human progression and technological advancement. Madeline’s tender and laborious renderings of these animals in this series communicates to our own deep-seated compassion for the lives of others without and even the self within.

Skink Ink is publishing an edition Cabinet which will comprise of a collection six images (each 20” x28” ) in an edition of 25. In addition there will be two extra-collection prints Mahogany (24” x 36” ) edition of 25 and Invasive Species (13” x 17”) edition of 100 all signed and numbered. Five copies of the Cabinet edition will be presented in a handmade portfolio case with printed interleaves offering additional information about each work.