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For AIPAD 2019, De Soto Gallery will present two recent series of experimental cyanotype-based works by new artist, Ivan Forde. Utilizing a wide variety of photo-based and print-making processes, Forde retells stories using epic poetry as a narrative framework to create detailed vignettes where he casts himself as every character. His non-linear interpretations of time-worn tales open the possibility of new archetypes and alternative endings, connecting the personal to the universal.

In his brand-new body of work, Forde sets out to develop an epic origin story — his own. Returning to his …