Artist Information:
Rachel Heberling
Columbus, OH
United States
Member Since: Aug 2009
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Artist Statement:
I was born in an era of
typewriters and rotary phones:
methods of communication that
demand a physical and tactile
presence. How strange is it to
reminisce of a bygone era at
only the age of 25? As I
recall my childhood and travel
through condemned industrial
landscapes of vacant
factories, I am driven to
convey my experience: senses
of foreboding and anxiety
mixed with nostalgia. A
displaced figure, a blank
diagram, or a map leading
nowhere signify traces of an
abandoned industrial
revolution, specifically in
the coal regions of my native
Pennsylvania.
In order to represent this
imagery, I have found a direct
connection with the medium of
printmaking. The acrid smells
of oil, grease, tar, and metal
in the print shop transport me
to the same emotional and
visceral space as the
industrial sites. Lithography
and etching in particular
reproduce fine detail and
subtle tones, as well as carry
a rich history of use as a
democratic medium (early forms
of public communication).
Elizabeth Olds, Harry
Sternberg, Harry Gottleib, and
Louis Lozowick have documented
the same mines and steel mills
in Pennsylvania, hired by the
Works Progress Administration
in the 1930s. Ink pressed into
fine paper from the...
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Artist Exhibitions:
2009
Shy Rabbit Print National,
Juried by Michael Barnes, Shy
Rabbit Contemporary Arts,
Pagosa Springs, CO.
Third Annual Master Pieces, An
Exhibit of Works by New
Masters, Juried by Jason
Franz, Manifest Gallery,
Cincinnati, OH.
Rendered Obsolete, two-person
show with Katherine Rogers,
Directed by Krista Gregory and
William Renschler, ...
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Artist Galleries:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Reviews:
Wednesday, July 22,2009
CityBeat, Cincinnati Ohio
Weekly, Arts Section, Critic's
Pick
Rendered Obsolete (Review)
Rachel Heberling and Katherine
Rogers turn abandoned spaces
into beauty at Aisle Gallery
By Laura Leffler
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The current exhibition at
Aisle Gallery, Rendered
Obsolete: Printmaking by
Rachel E. Heberling and
Katherine Rogers, focuses on
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Commissions:
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Rachel Heberling's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Rachel Heberling's Portfolio. Browse Heberling's body of work: I was born in an era of typewriters and rotary phones: methods of communication that demand a physical and tactile presence. How strange is it to reminisce of a bygone era at only the age of 25? As I recall my childhood and travel through condemned industrial landscapes of vacant factories, I am driven to convey my experience: senses of foreboding and anxiety mixed with nostalgia. A displaced figure, a blank diagram, or a map leading nowhere signify traces of an abandoned industrial revolution, specifically in the coal regions of my native Pennsylvania.
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Zero Sum, 2007
Lithograph,
17.5 x 23.8 inches
Price: US$ 200
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World Champion Typists, 2009
Lithograph,
21 x 28 inches
Price: US$ 350
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Oculus, 2005
Lithograph,
15 x 20.8 inches
Price: US$ 140
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Insertion, 2005
Etching,
17.8 x 23.8 inches
Price: US$ 400
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Dormant, 2006
Lithograph,
17.9 x 24.6 inches
Price: US$ 480
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Delayed Response, 2008
Woodcut,
24 x 18 inches
Price: US$ 150
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