Mario Naves writes about the prints of Paul Resika on the occasion of the exhibition Paul Resika; Silent Poetry at Vandeb Editions, New York, on view through January 22, 2014.

Naves notes that "In Resika’s intaglio prints, gritty fields of aquatint are emboldened by staccato hatching; clubby lines dance upon zooming, milky expanses; and dense swaths of texture both set off and engulf Resika’s motifs: boats, lighthouses and nudes on the beach. All the while an encompassing range of gray, black and, at times, electric white imbue the proceedings with drama, mystery and, here and there, comedy."