Haven Gallery is pleased to present “Anachronica”, a collection of new ink works from England based Myriam Black for her first solo show at the gallery. “Anachronica” features eleven drawings rendered in ultra fine line work and intricacies as she explores historical artworks and narratives through her own contemporary lens. Black includes studies and homages to artists of the past, while retelling tales and revisiting characters from mythology. Black’s technique is reminiscent of etchings and other forms of printmaking, nodding to the elegance of these methods, while showcasing her own refined and honed skill to create form and movement. The timeless telling and artistic articulation of narratives from antiquity celebrate the human connection and relevance to their own past.
Artist Statement
My work aims to create a new world which is a mix of old and new, reproduction and imagined, odd and familiar, through the visual language of the printmaking method of engraving, which facilitated historically to democratize the access to art. Quite like the sort of tattooing I specialize in, it allows to wear a piece of art made just for the wearer to carry inspiration wherever they go. I am to create a language to encapsulate knowledge, in skin or paper, often with a historically based approach of events of the past. I try to draw attention of legends, characters or events as a source of inspiration for the viewer or the tattoo wearer. I work with lines, either in drawing, etching or tattooing although the surface properties and the taste of the client change the technique. Sometimes I explore ornamental work for the body, as I would see engravers design decorations adapted to shapes of buildings, objects or books.
About Myriam Black
Myriam Black (born 1987, Madrid) is a tattoo artist that has lived and worked in UK, Germany and Spain whose work spans skin, print making, drawing, and painting. Her work is primarily based on engraving and etching studies and illustrations often with a historical background and context. Her work advocates the importance of forgotten artists, drawing on visuals of the past to draw parallels between history though engraving and modern through tattooing, reproductiveness and the uniqueness of the body.
