Fred Cray’s new series of unique Dissolve prints present a radical new body of work.  Although he continues to adhere to his previous process of transforming photographic imagery through manipulation, in this series the resulting images, based in photography, are unique works on paper.

Cray’s multiple layers imply movement, both of time and image.  This interweaving sets a cadence that is both visually rigorous and seductively intimate.  Cray continues to make work that suggests that a secret is about to be revealed.

Making art is a process. Cray’s entire oeuvre has played the balance of the image as a relic from real life and as a fantastic creation from the artist’s hand.  In this series, the extraordinary process begins with Cray’s printing his images on a surface that repels ink.  As a result, these prints have a very brief lifespan (2-20 minutes) before they dissolve into something either unrecognizable or unusable.