Michael Fell, Moto Experience, 2007

Moto-Experience

2007
Etching and aquatint
27 × 49 cm
Inventory no. MF-E-24
Collection: Michael Fell Estate
© Michael Fell Estate
Photograph © Lucy Dawkins

Figures, motorbikes and café tables collide in a tightly compressed scene. Bodies and machines interlock across a shallow depth, with forms layered and partly obscured. Aquatint deepens the darker passages so the whole image feels pressed together, dense with noise and proximity. 

Bibliography

  • Adrian Bartlett, “Printmaking”, in The Art of Michael Fell, Unicorn, 2024, p. 60