Carlson's second work, NYPLPC Epitome 2. I'm Hominini I'm L'Orange, is constructed in a similar way. The print features a color slide transparency of Lucy (Australopithecus), which is laid across an image of Pierrot the clown–dressed in a clergy-style white robe. Carlson seems to suggest again that culture is a transmission reaching back through all of human-scale time, and that it is one in a perpetual cycle of ruin and renewal. As Will Luckman writes of the series: "We interpret and synthesize the intentional and unintentional messages our ancestors have imperfectly advanced, guided by the contemporary culture in which we are immersed. Where historians fail, or when civilization falters, artists and shamans will pick up the thread."
NYPLPC Epitome 1 and NYPLPC Epitome 2 are giclee prints on hot press bright paper 330 gsm with two-color silkscreen print overlays. Each print image is produced in a signed and numbered edition of 20. Works are available individually for $350 each, or can be purchased together for $650.00.
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