Series of seven etchings on Arches Velin Blanc (400gsm) paper
Plate 1, Sciacca
Plate 2, Nertita
Plate 3, Corrao
Plate 4, Hotham
Plate 5, Julia
Plate 6, Graham Island
Plate 7, Ferdinandea
Edition of 20. Each: 17 x 24cm
Signed and numbered by artist on front
Suite of seven Emergent Landmass prints in manila folder £720 plus VAT (unframed).
A luxury hard-cover linen portfolio is available to order for £75.
A limited number from this series can be purchased as individual prints. These are priced at £120 per print plus VAT (unframed)

Ilana Halperin began her career as a stone carver. Her practice explores the relationship between geological phenomena and everyday life through a variety of media. Her work has involved the investigation of locations from the Karst Mountains in Guanxi, China to the cave networks of Slovenia.

Emergent Landmass (A Chronicle of Disappearance) is a series of seven etchings made by the artist at DCA for the exhibition Where The Wild Things Are. These intricate drawings are part scientific exploration, part intuitive mark-making, emerging from real events but possessing their own internal language – that of the artist’s personal history. This series brings together components of a project about Ferdinandea, a volcanic island that emerged off the coast of Sicily in 1831 only to disappear months later. Situated on a strategic trade route, the island was claimed by a number of different countries and given seven different names.

Using a hard-ground etching technique she created a series of delicate linear depictions reminiscent of the historical geological illustrations within her research. The portfolio comprises a set of seven etchings of the ‘emergent landmass’, under its different designations, Sciacca, Nertita, Corrao, Hotham, Julia, Graham Island and Ferdinandea.

Ilana Halperin was born in 1973 in New York and lives and works in Glasgow. Solo exhibitions include doggerfisher, Edinburgh; Manchester Museum; Tramway, Glasgow; and group exhibitions include Artist’s Space, New York; Portland Museum of Art Biennial, Maine; and ICI, New York.

To purchase an edition, to receive shipping or framing quotes, or for further information please contact Sandra De Rycker on 01382 909255 or e-mail at sandra.derycker@dca.org.uk.