Other Worlds

Doris Seidler

Doris Seidler left England and arrived in the United States in 1940. She began to study printmaking with Stanley William Hayter at Atelier 17 in New York and spent almost ten years working at the atelier. Much of Seidler’s earlier work was delicately rendered, if explosive, meditating on war, religion, and the fractured landscape of post-World War II England. Other Worlds is a brilliant example of Seidler’s exploration of techniques and matrixes which in this instance resulted in a seemingly floating world of sensual colors, contrasts, textures, and patterns. The viewer is uncertain if this “other world” is minute enough to be discovered in a petri dish, or a large world to be discovered in the cosmos, or the bold markings of an ancient civilization to be discovered in a cave.