{"id":62,"date":"2014-01-22T19:56:29","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T00:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/martyittner.com\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2019-04-17T12:54:25","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T16:54:25","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/martyittner.com\/?page_id=62","title":{"rendered":"A B O U T"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><div class='columns1'>\n                \n            <\/div><div class='row'><\/div><div class='col-md-6'><p><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/martyittner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MartyIttner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63\" src=\"http:\/\/martyittner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MartyIttner.jpg\" alt=\"Marty Ittner\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/martyittner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MartyIttner.jpg 250w, https:\/\/martyittner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MartyIttner-249x167.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Artist Statement<\/span><\/h6>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><strong>I bring a background of visual language and environmental activism to my work. I explore improbable pairings of ephemeral images with the underpinnings of printmaking that evoke the natural world. This overlay echoes the presence and influence of humanity and ingenuity on our planet.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Affiliations<\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Member<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonwaxworks.com\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0; text-decoration: underline;\">Washington Wax Works<\/span><\/a><\/span>, A DC Collective of Encaustic Artists<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><strong>Marty Ittner <\/strong><a style=\"color: #c0c0c0; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.martyittner.com\/graphic-design\">Graphic Design<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Ex Officio Board President\u00a0and Board of Directors<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #999999; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #999999; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org\" target=\"_blank\">Pyramid Atlantic Art Center<\/a>,<\/span><\/span> Hyattsville, MD, 2011\u20132018<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Former blogger<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><a style=\"color: #999999; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/pyramidscreenprint.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\">Screenprint Society<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><em>&#8220;Ittner places us in the shoes of an archeologist discovering the cultural and natural debris that has been left behind. Each collage is created using variegated layers of wax and paper, forcing the viewer to visually dig through the components. Our reward is discovering fragments of ephemera, organic specimens and incised typographic forms within the framework, leaving the viewer to ponder the cultural significance of these items.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0\u2014Eric Hope, Evolve Arts DC<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Artist Statement I bring a background of visual language and environmental activism to my work. I explore improbable pairings of ephemeral images with the underpinnings of printmaking that evoke the natural world. This overlay echoes the presence and influence of humanity and ingenuity on our planet. &nbsp; Affiliations Member\u00a0\u00a0Washington Wax Works, A DC Collective [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-62","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/martyittner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/martyittner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/martyittner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martyittner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martyittner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":110,"href":"https:\/\/martyittner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":814,"href":"https:\/\/martyittner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions\/814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/martyittner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}