On Exhibition Ephraim Rubenstein’s Wax-Resist Drawings

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Ephraim Rubenstein, Equestrian, Barcelona I. Wax resist, 38 x 50 in.

The Quickening Image: The Wax-Resist Drawings of David Dodge Lewis and Ephraim Rubenstein/A Twenty Year Collaboration is an exhibition consisting of several stories. The first is the exploration of a “radically new drawing technique” known as wax-resist drawing. The second is the scale, vigor, and subject matter of the drawings themselves. Third is the the collaboration and friendship between the two artists, David Lewis and Ephraim Rubenstein. The Quickening Image includes forty-two works and opens at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts (Hagerstown, MD) on January 24 and continues through April 12, 2015.

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Ephraim Rubenstein, Paestum IV. Wax-resist drawing, 38 x 50 in. “I sat for hours and watched the sun and shad- ows move across this wall of pillars for Paestum IV. The contrast between this ancient building and the fleeting effects of light was so mesmer- izing, I hardly knew where to start to capture the subtle differences in tone. This was by far the most complex wax-resist drawing I had ever done.”
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Ephraim Rubenstein, El Cid I. Wax-resist drawing, 58 x 45 in.

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