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With its unique ability to create multiple copies of a work of art, printmaking has long been an important and accessible art form. From political posters and propaganda to billboard advertisements and T-shirt designs, artistic prints can be found throughout our popular culture. Participants in this class learned a variety of drawing
and printmaking techniques as they examined how prints have been used in recent social and cultural history, with an emphasis on narrative and character development through printmaking. Conversations
with master printers at Two Palms Press; book artists at Booklyn; gallery staff at the International Print Center; artists Tim Rollins and K.O.S.; and MoMA curator Judy Hecker gave students a greater appreciation of the role of printmaking in society today. Students were particularly drawn to the ways in which printmaking can tell stories, as evidenced in their imaginative books and character
silkscreens. Through regular visits to MoMA’s galleries, students
learned about various printing techniques—from linoleum block prints to silkscreening—as they created very personal and moving works of art in multiple. |