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I was starting to think about process and materials, things that led eventually into the kind of work that interests me now. —David Ireland Ireland took a circuitous route to becoming an artist. After receiving his bachelor’s degree in 1953 from the California College of Arts and Crafts, he journeyed throughout the world and worked at various jobs—as an architectural draftsman and African safari guide and importer. At the age of 42, Ireland refocused his attention on art and began graduate school at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1972. Ireland relished working with different materials—graphite, tempera, and even dirt and talcum—to explore varying ways to make marks. For him, the process of making—of being fully engaged in the moment—is as important as the resulting artwork. Given Ireland’s fascination with manipulating materials, he was particularly attracted to the physicality of printmaking. As seen in many works, he often folded or crumpled his prints and ran them through the press multiple times. The wrinkles, intersections, and layers of color that distinguish these pieces are evidence of his process. |
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