Seven Master Printmakers: Innovators in the Eighties

《Seven Master Printmakers: Innovators in the Eighties》

Author: Riva Castleman

Publisher : Museum of Modern Art

Size : 277mm×250mm×20mm

Year of publication: 1991

Number of pages: 119 pp

Language : English

Condition : C

There are some scratches on the cover and slight discoloration on the text. There is no other major damage or dirt, and the condition is good.

Book jacket shows signs of wear and tear and book itself has some yellowed pages, but is in general good condition.

Content

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The seven well-known artists in this selection - Jim Dine, David Hockney, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, and Frank Stella - all became involved in printmaking studios in the 1960s. Each of these artists had nearly 30 years of printmaking experience, during a period of rapid growth in printmaking activity and a boom in publicity surrounding art exhibitions, artists, and auctions. The prosperity of this decade allowed for extraordinary collaborations between mature artists and master printmakers, resulting in the intensely compelling and supremely authentic works presented in this volume. Through these works, we can focus on the influences and transformations in style and content that defined the printmaking world during this decade.

The prints produced in the 1980s by these extraordinary artists are characterised by an aura of self-confidence. They are generally larger and more colourful than their earlier works, and often include elements of handwork and handmade paper, producing variable rather than uniform editions. Some works combine several processes within a single piece, expanding the medium's experimental vocabulary.

The studio of Aldo Kromering, who printed Picasso's copperplate prints from his later years, Gemini GEL, Tyler Graphics, Universal Limited Art Editions, and Graphic Studio. All of the works featured in this book and exhibited in the accompanying exhibition, "Seven Master Printmakers," are included in this book. (From the publisher)

All of the works featured in this book were featured in the exhibition "Seven Master Printmakers: Innovations in the Eighties, and from the Bob Lilja Collection, London."

The seven widely known artists in this selection—Jim Dine, David Hockney, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, and Frank Stella —are all painters who became involved with printmaking workshops in the 1960s. Each of these artists has had close to thirty years' experience in printmaking during a period of burgeoning printmaking activity and copious publicity about art exhibitions, artists, and auctions. The prosperity of the last decade allowed an extraordinary collaboration between mature artists and master printers, which resulted in the intensely engaging and supremely assured works presented in this volume. Through them a concentrated view of the influences and transformations in style and content that distinguished this decade of printmaking is possible.

What characterizes the prints made during the 1980s by this group of preeminent artists is their aura of confidence. They are generally larger and more colorful than their predecessors; they often contain some elements of handiwork and handmade papers, creating variable rather than uniform editions; some combine several processes in one work, enlarging the medium's vocabulary of experimentation; important elements of their imagery are frequently those of other artists; and they all incorporate in their images some degree of objective representation.

The majority of the fifty-five prints in this selection were made at five workshops: that of Aldo Crommelynck, printer of Picasso's late etchings; Gemini GEL; Tyler Graphics Ltd.; Universal Limited Art Editions; and Graphicstudio. All of the works illustrated in this volume and shown in the accompanying exhibition, Seven Master Printmakers: Innovations in the Eighties, and from the Bob Lilja Collection, London.

(from Publisher)

Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 16-Aug. 13, 1991.

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