THE RAVEN (FOREVERMORE), 2011 by Gaia. Block print on Mulberry paper, 66x91 cm (26" x 35.8")
$435 (includes all taxes, insurance, shipping, and handling)
ABOUT THE ARTIST. GAIA
Gaia grew up in New York City and is currently a student at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. His studio work and gallery projects have been exhibited in Brooklyn, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. Gaia lives and works in Baltimore, MD, and Brooklyn, NY.
Drawing on his new and evolving body of imagery depicting human and animal figures, Gaia’s work reflects on the ancient themes of animal and human sympathies, but now in the context of the city and the human built environment. Working with myth and symbolic animal figures, Gaia’s street murals are like the works of an urban shaman drawing on a positive force from animal protectors.
Gaia employs recognizable animal figures to remind us of lost human connections to nature and the environment. He constructs an image of a reversal of the “natural order” where animals intervene as protectors and avatars for a new awareness of the human condition in the natural world. He is known world-wide for street murals placed in areas to elicit surprise and reflection by passers-by who encounter the symbolism and fragile narratives of his work. –Martin Irvine.
HOW TO PURCHASE A PRINT AND SUPPORT THE POE HOUSE:
The print is offered at $435 (price includes all taxes shipping and handling).
Please send your check or money order, made out to DIRECTOR OF FINANCE,
Jeff Jerome
Department of Planning
8th Floor
417 East Fayette Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Please annotate check “Poe House/Gaia Print”.
FOR INQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT eapoe@baltimorecity.gov