JOSEPH PIASANTIN
Take a look at a selection of Joseph Piasantin’s work that range from etchings, mixed media prints, and experimental collaborations shaped through abrasion, revision, and close study of the surface.
Featured Prints
“CR 8.01” (2001) is a digital and etching work by Joseph Piasantin that blends archival digital printing with traditional etching techniques. Printed on 15 × 15 inch paper with a 14.5 × 14.5 inch image area.
“CR 9.00” (2000) by Joseph Piasantin balances geometric structure with painterly surface experimentation. The work combines archival digital printing with traditional etching techniques. Printed on 15 × 15 inch paper with a 14.5 × 14.5 inch image area.
Created as part of the collaborative Aftershocks folio, this photo polymer etching by Joseph Piasantin layers molecular imagery, directional markings, and distressed surface textures to reflect the instability and psychological disorientation of Los Angeles in the early 1990s. Referencing the Santa Barbara oil spill alongside broader cultural aftershocks — riots, earthquakes, and civic unrest — the composition combines scientific forms with chaotic gestural marks to evoke a city under pressure.
Created for the collaborative Aftershocks folio, this etching by Joseph Piasantin uses looping gestural marks and scattered impact points to evoke the emotional disorientation and lingering instability of Los Angeles in the early 1990s.
Featured Foli
Limb is a suite of 8 etchings that was produced from June 1991 through September 1992 and published by Christopher John Gallery in Santa Monica, California, with the oversight of Master Printer John Greco.
“Limb 6.91” (1991) is an etching by Joseph Piasantin from the larger Limb folio, featuring a dark tree-like form surrounded by heavily worked textures and gestural surface marks. Printed on 14.5 × 18.5 inch paper.
“Limb 6.92” (1992) is an etching by Joseph Piasantin from the Limb folio, combining dark gestural forms, vessel-like imagery, and heavily layered surface textures into a dense abstract composition. Printed on 14.5 × 18.5 inch paper.
“Limb 7.91” (1991) is an etching by Joseph Piasantin from the Limb folio, featuring a vessel-like abstract form surrounded by loose gestural lines and richly worked surface textures. Printed on 14.5 × 18.5 inch paper.
“Limb 7.92” (1992) is an etching by Joseph Piasantin from the Limb folio, featuring an intertwined abstract form rendered through dense black tonal fields, scratched line work, and heavily worked textures. Printed on 14.5 × 18.5 inch paper.
“Limb 8.91” (1991) is an etching by Joseph Piasantin from the Limb folio, featuring a dark organic form set against energetic gestural mark-making and densely layered etched textures. Printed on 14.5 × 18.5 inch paper.
“Limb 8.92” (1992) is an etching by Joseph Piasantin from the Limb folio, featuring a dark central abstract form layered against energetic etched lines, scattered marks, and richly textured surfaces. Printed on 14.5 × 18.5 inch paper.
“Limb 9.91” (1991) is an etching by Joseph Piasantin from the Limb folio, featuring a vessel-like abstract form wrapped in energetic looping gestures that evoke the movement and force of a tornado. Printed on 14.5 × 18.5 inch paper.
“Limb 9.92” (1992) is an etching by Joseph Piasantin from the Limb folio, featuring a dark vessel-like form surrounded by looping gestural lines and layered circular imagery that suggest movement, tension, and atmospheric force. Printed on 14.5 × 18.5 inch paper.