In the two series that comprise this release, titled Circuit Boards and Transcending Grids, we see Saban’s fascination with linework. For the six Circuit Boards, Saban integrates computer-designed lines, more solid in appearance, with linework created with a handheld electric rotatory tool called a Dremel. It brings to the viewer what appears to be a vibrant switchboard, with energy generated from the Dremel adding movement from the artist’s hand. The two types of lines intersect and interact, and, in instances, jagged lines and friction cohabitate with the more solid, straight lines; all seem to have an infinite, destined journey, as the lines bleed to the edges of the print. These prints are bold and large in scale, full of tension expanding beyond the allotted surface.
Conceptually, the eight Transcending Grids combine printmaking and painting, as the paper merges with linen. The two media seem to easily cohabit hand-in-hand, taking the viewer on a subtle journey. Completing the series is Pressed Linen Canvas (Square), a gently-folded piece of linen with the imprint of the top half of the fabric subtly embossed onto the paper. Ethereal in its composition, the linen is in its most natural state, and the ghostly imprint of the fabric pressed into the paper makes us acutely aware of the process of weaving as well as the process of making a fine-art print. Saban is once again laying bare the conceptual nature of her art in this approach to color, texture and mark-making.
