1. Christiane Baumgartner Between States By Paul Coldwell Few artists who adopt printmaking as their primary means of expression achieve international critical acclaim. Museums and collectors often prefer prints by artists who have established reputations in painting, sculpture or installation work, their printmaking fitting into an overall hierarchy that values the unique over the multiple. Christiane Baumgartner is an exception, an artist of international stature who has chosen printmaking as her principle activity. See the article at: http://artinprint.org/index.php/articles/article/christiane_baumgartner_between_states 2. Remaking Dürer: Investigating the Master Engravings by Masterful Engraving By Angela Campbell, Andrew Raftery Andrew Raftery’s engraved copper plate, partially finished, after Albrecht Dürer’s St Paul (1514). An enlargement of Dürer’s original lies under the plate, alongside engraving tools. impressions subjectively with words such as ‘rich,’ ‘clean,’ ‘with burr,’ ‘excellent’ or ‘poor,’ ‘lighter’ or ‘darker,’ ‘silvery’ or ‘brownish.’ See the complete article at: http://artinprint.org/index.php/articles/article/remaking_durer_investigating_the_master_engravings_by_masterful_engraving 5. Will Photography Kill Engraving?
By Hans Jakob Meier A famous decree by the Académie des Beaux-Arts on 2 November 1816 officially enthroned lithography as a medium of overwhelming importance for the state, art and business in France. By the Salon of 1824, lithography was presented as its own genre. see the article on: http://artinprint.org/index.php/publication-reviews/article/will_photography_kill_engraving |
3. Mokuhanga International By April Vollmer The richly colored, visually dynamic woodblock technique perfected in Japan during the 18th and 19th centuries is known internationally by the Japanese term mokuhanga.See the article at: http://artinprint.org/index.php/articles/article/mokuhanga_international 4. Street Art: Prints and Precedents By Gill Saunders Graffiti, street art, and their printed progeny, now ubiquitous, may appear to have sprung fully formed from the spray cans and stencils wielded by a new breed of artist, operating outside the system and eschewing the traditions. See the article at: http://artinprint.org/index.php/articles/article/street_art_prints_and_precedents |