Pere Rius
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| Contemporary American Printmakers |
A few days ago I came across the book Contemporary American Printmakers. It is one of those books that once you open it you can not help but browse. Displays the inspiring work of a good selection of printmakers and print shops of USA artists.
The authors of Contemporary American Printmakers are E. Ashley Rooney and Stephanie Standish. The book is published by Schiffer Publishing.
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| Rob Swainston |
The book has two main parts. In the first, we find a selection of 75 printmakers and each is presented a brief biographical statement and profile, along with 4 or 5 pictures of their work. Feature the works of Todd Anderson, Catherine Kernan, Jeremy Lundquist, David Mohallatee, Rob Swainston and Laura Berman -whose interview we have done is published soon.
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| Laura Berman |
In the second part of the book, we find a selection of 31 print shops and each of them shows a review of itinerary with images that show work done and its facilities.
Why do I recommend it? I will highlight just two reasons. Because it shows the work done with various printing techniques of different contemporary artists: lithographs, intaglios, monoprints, monoprints relief, japanese woodblock method, screenprints, collagraphs, linocuts... And because the book is like a portfolio where it is found that the embossing, engraving or printing are living techniques that adapt to contemporary artistic language.
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| Jeremy Lundquist |
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| David Mohallatee |
