BOOKS, PRINTS + PROJECTS
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The Prophet
Pewter and Wax
H356 x W135 x D88 mm
Edition of 20
Signed and numbered certificate of authenticity
In Plain Sight
Pewter and Wax
H184 x W45 x D93 mm
Edition of 20
Signed and numbered certificate of authenticity
ARTIST BOOKS
Image courtesy Edition Patrick Frey, Zurich, CH.
EARLY RETIREMENT, 2017
Over the course of 2016, with the American presidential election looming ever-larger, Mark Thomas Gibson wondered: Why are there no utopias? Why are we no longer striving to create one? He began drawing at his kitchen table in search of answers to the question of the long-lost quest for utopia. Early Retirement begs the crucial question: how do we find the strength to come together against relentless adversity in the United States of America?Early Retirement, narrated by a shadowy figure from American history, revolves around Mr. Wolfson, a werewolf and Doomsday prophet in New York City’s street prophecy scene, and The Drummer, one of the three heralds of the Apocalypse. One day, The Drummer learns that the Truth has been delivered to Mr. Wolfson. Things quickly spiral out of control, leading to a three-way standoff between the Will of the People, the Will of Government and the Will of God.Gibson’s personal lens on American culture stems from his viewpoint as an artist, a black male, a professor at Yale, an American history buff and comic book nerd. All this fuels his exploration of American culture through the high and low visual languages of painting and comics to reveal a narrative that spells out our fabricated destruction. Gibson uses black ink to create stark contrasts and settings in which positive and negative space define the composition. He relies on a minimal aesthetic, playing off of both fine art and the comic book vernacular of sequential narrative. He rarely edits his drawings, trusting what goes down on the page to take form organically and tell a legible story, trusting his drawings to provide answers, to tell us the future, the truth.“I want to have a conversation about our shared understanding that things need to change, and that everything is very much at stake. We are all in this together."
SOME MONSTERS LOOM LARGE, 2016 (Second Edition)
Some Monsters Loom Large is my first artist’s book, originally self-published with help from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts (NY). This second edition was made possible and is available for purchase from the International Print Center (NY).
Downbeat, 2017
Etching with aquatint, spitbite, and sugar-lift
Edition of 20
Paper: 31 x 22.75 inches | plate: 25.5 x 17.75 inches
Courtesy Burnet Editions.
“Everyone Should Have One on Their Wall: Sunset,” 2021
Printed in collaboration with NADA and EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, NY
Courtesy Rutgers Print Collaborative
Courtesy Rutgers Print Collaborative
Courtesy Rutgers Print Collaborative