Anne Silber

Serigraphs by Anne Silber are on display in the Library for the Spring 2006 semester.

Artist Statement

Born in New Jersey, Anne Silber studied at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and has lived and worked in Boston since 1977. Silber's work has been shown in numerous one-person and group exhibitions around the U.S. and Europe, and her prints are included in many corporate and museum collections.

These works are serigraphs, or silkscreen prints, hand-printed by the artist using hand-cut lacquer film stencils. The inks are mixed with a large amount of transparent base, allowing for the visual "blending" of overlaid tones, creating an effect like that of well-controlled watercolors.

Silber's work emphasizes the graphic qualities: form, line and especially color relationships. She enjoys working with colors in an almost musical sense, creating harmonies and occasional dissonance with the combination of tones. Many of her works also explore the possibilities of light and shadow, with shadows becoming as much an interesting and integral part of the composition as the objects casting them.

[Serigraph Shown: "In Nice: Street Scene" by Anne Silber, 2003]