Ceremonial Platform Quartet 1

Robert Roesch Ceremonial Platform Quartet 1 Offset Lithograph 23 x 23 inches Edition of 20 Published by Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia. From the Artist For the past 50years I have produced work in the Postmodernist tradition, attempting to create beautiful shapesand a movement that sends the mind flying. Not long ago, an instant of clarity came over me, and I found myself enveloped in the Brutalist movement. The architectural structures I was looking at were calling to me, asking, “How can these powerful images become a part of me, and by extension, a part of my work?" I found myself making drawings and building 3D-printed models of places that seemed to me to be safe, quiet, and protected from the ravages of the world we live in. Eyes Eastbound, the title of the 13th Cairo Biennale, strikes this strong image in my mind—an image of all humanity aligned facing east and thereby sharing a commonality and unity. Perhaps my platforms could be seen as starting points, helpi