Lanscraft 1975

Editor: So, here we have Carol Summers’ "Lanscraft" from 1975, created with mixed media printmaking. The colors and shapes feel both playful and monumental. How do you interpret this work? Curator: It strikes me as a visual poem composed of archetypal images. Note the geometric shapes: the curves echoing sunrises, horizons, natural arches. Each evokes collective memories – universal experiences of landscape itself. Editor: So, like a memory of a landscape rather than a depiction? Curator: Precisely! Summers abstracts landscape elements into basic forms. Look at the careful arrangement, like a coded language. Colors aren't descriptive, but symbolic. Consider, what does that rosy pink juxtaposed with the deep indigo suggest? Perhaps the fading light of day? The warmth of earth meeting the vastness of night? Editor: It almost feels like a spiritual landscape. Are there any other symbolic references that connect the shapes to something greater? Curator: Yes, absolutely! Consider the layered effect of printmaking. The superimposed colors create a sense of depth but also layering, like strata. They whisper about geological time, and also of memory accumulating over generations, how we project ourselves and our histories onto landscape. What do *you* feel when regarding the composition? Editor: I am just struck with a calm serenity. And now with your explanations, I notice the geometric language much more! Curator: Precisely. Summers presents an emotional landscape—a topography of feeling rather than of strict geographic representation. This piece helps to think about landscape beyond the physical to deeper experiences. Editor: Thank you. It’s really changed how I perceive the image!