[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Michael Schlitz
1967 Melbourne, Australia

Gilgamesh (1991)
Suite of six screen prints, one with etching

Suite of 6 $3,000.00
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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Michael Schlitz was drawn to the circular nature of the Epic of Gilgamesh in which Gilgamesh attempts to transform his position as a mortal but fails tragically after he gains and then loses the secret of immortality.
Schlitz combines the Epic into his own research on the definition of space in suburban landscape, on the control and moulding of the environment and on the use of contemporary Archetypes in suburbia. In this way the Epic of Gilgamesh becomes the essence for the condition of suburban culture.
The artist depicts Gilgamesh as a water gauge as well as other instruments for measuring water. Gilgamesh is woven into the suburban narrative and mirrors the nature of our search for Knowledge, Immortality, and of reaching Enlightenment.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”10816″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”kalium_lightbox”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Gilgamesh I the birth, 1991
Screen print and etching on BFK Rives Grey
4 colours; red, blue, yellow, black
Edition of 4
Edition number 1/ 4 plus artist proof 1
Image etching plate 5 x 17cm; screen print 18 x 45cm
Sheet 38 x 56.5 cm
Printed by Michael Schlitz
Inscribed in pencil below image: 1 /4; ‘Gilgamesh I the birth’; signed Schlitz 91[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”10817″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”kalium_lightbox”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Gilgamesh II, on order, 1991
Screen print on BFK Rives Grey
4 colours; red, blue, yellow, black
Edition of 4 plus artist proof 1
Edition number AP
Image 19 x 44 cm
Sheet 38 x 56.5 cm
Printed by Michael Schlitz
Inscribed in pencil below image: AP; ‘Gilgamesh II, on order’; signed Schlitz 91[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”10818″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”kalium_lightbox”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Gilgamesh III, the searching, 1991
Screen print on BFK Rives Grey
5 colours; red, blue, yellow, silver, black
Edition of 4 plus artist proof 1
Edition number AP
Image 17 x 44 cm
Sheet 38 x 56.5 cm
Printed by Michael Schlitz
Inscribed in pencil below image: AP; ‘Gilgamesh III, the searching’; signed Schlitz 91[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”10819″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”kalium_lightbox”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Gilgamesh IV, the searching, 1991
Screen print on BFK Rives Grey
5 colours; red, blue, yellow, silver, black
Edition of 4 plus artist proof 1
Edition number AP
Image 17 x 44 cm
Sheet 38 x 56.5 cm
Printed by Michael Schlitz
Inscribed in pencil below image: AP; ‘Gilgamesh IV, the searching’; signed Schlitz 91[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”10820″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”kalium_lightbox”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Gilgamesh V, transition I, 1991
Screen print on BFK Rives Grey
5 colours; red, blue, yellow, silver, black
Edition of 4 plus artist proof 1
Edition number AP
Image 19 x 46 cm
Sheet 38 x 56.5 cm
Printed by Michael Schlitz
Inscribed in pencil below image: AP; ‘Gilgamesh V, transition I’; signed Schlitz 91[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”10821″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”kalium_lightbox”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Gilgamesh VI, transition II, 1991
Screen print on BFK Rives Grey
4 colours; red, blue, yellow, black
Edition of 4 plus artist proof 1
Edition number AP
Image 19 x 46 cm
Sheet 38 x 56.5 cm
Printed by Michael Schlitz
Inscribed in pencil below image: AP; Gilgamesh VI, transition II,; signed Schlitz 91[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]