Surreal mezzotints from Thomas Wright's "An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe" (1750)

Wright (1711-86) explained the Milky Way as an optical effect caused by our immersion in a layer of stars

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NOW OPEN—"The Mezzotints of Hamanishi Katsunori"

Hamanishi Katsunori's images often feature forms that tie, twist, fold, or bind, such as steel rods bound with cloth, twigs tied with ropes, origami, and kimono.

EXPLORE—https://t.co/wrUNX6RFxs

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Go see the amazing of (1893–1965), pioneering printmaker and a noted participant in the New Negro movement of the 1930s and ’40s. of Art on Penn State's University Park campus, Pennsylvania. Until 20 May 2018

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lots of visiting us today, must be these mezzotints that are attracting them :-)

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