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I have known all of the artist printmakers in this exhibition for many years. They are all working for the most part with powerful black and white imagery, and are dealing with different aspects of the human-condition. They deal with fears, nightmares, dreams and hopes about our common experience as humans. This commonality in the feeling of these diverse visions is why these particular artists were chosen for this exhibition.

Evan Summer's lonely desolate landscapes are haunting in their emptiness and isolation, and whisper to us in a way that fascinates and disturbs the viewer. They appear to be the remnants of civilization after a nuclear holocaust, or some other form of mass destruction; or a nightmare about an empty place that could only exist in our imagination.

Sarah Sears's etchings and woodcuts delve into the contradictions, mystery, and tragedy of the human condition. These searing images that deal with a universal groping for meaning and a struggle against loneliness touch the viewer with emotional impact and a nuanced poignancy.

Jahee Yu's powerful  and dramatic commentary on the human condition, like Daumier, empathize with humanity from the bottom up, taking on the perspective of the have-nots and lower class in our contemporary culture.

Russ Spitkovsky is fascinated with human violence, and our inability to get along with each other or to control our primitive and barbaric instinct and behavior. His raw images of human conflict powerfully expresses these ideas.

Zohar Nir Amitin has created a series of mysterious and haunting images that place figures in conflict or in isolation on a bleak and desolate landscape. The viewer can feel the vibrations of a dark storm that is forming that will swallow the figures and structures. These powerful images speak to me about the fragility of nature and human culture, and the boiling storm that exists just below the surface.

Some of my prints in this show are from a series of works called The Monster in the Mirror.  These prints attempt to explore my internal struggle to ascend to a higher spiritual level while fighting internally against powerful urges of self destruction and instincts to behave in a barbaric manner.

-- Bruce Waldman