Graphic Expressions: Printmaking as an Art Form
The fine print is an 鈥榦riginal in multiples鈥�. Originality is generally associated with uniqueness, but a print is also original because the artist creates each print individually, albeit from a single block or plate. When a drawing is translated into a woodcut or engraving, it takes on totally new characteristics. The metamorphosis that takes place in the journey from drawing to 鈥榩rint鈥� becomes the strongest attraction for the creative artist.
Each technique, be it woodcut, lithograph, etching, etc., has its own distinctive style, imposed by the tools, materials and printmaking methods. Thus any of the proofs printed from an original plate is considered an original work of art. Although most prints are 鈥榩ulled鈥� in limited quantities, the number has no bearing on the originality, only on commercial value. Since fine prints are made in multiples, they become affordable but are still original and works of art in their own right.
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The fine print is an 鈥榦riginal in multiples鈥�. Originality is generally associated with uniqueness, but a print is also original because the artist creates each print individually, albeit from a single block or plate. When a drawing is translated into a woodcut or engraving, it takes on totally new characteristics. The metamorphosis that takes place in the journey from drawing to 鈥榩rint鈥� becomes the strongest attraction for the creative artist.
Each technique, be it woodcut, lithograph, etching, etc., has its own distinctive style, imposed by the tools, materials and printmaking methods. Thus any of the proofs printed from an original plate is considered an original work of art. Although most prints are 鈥榩ulled鈥� in limited quantities, the number has no bearing on the originality, only on commercial value. Since fine prints are made in multiples, they become affordable but are still original and works of art in their own right.
Artists on show
- A. Ramachandran
- Anandmoy Banerjee
- Dey
- Dipak Mukherjee
- Jayasri Burman
- Jogen Chowdhury
- Kanchan Chander
- Krishna Shamrao Kulkarni
- Maite Delteil
- Maqbool Fida Husain
- Mimi Radhakrishnan
- Neeraj Goswami
- Prafulla Dahanukar
- Sakti Burman
- Sanatkar
- Sanjay Bhattacharjee
- Shukla Sawant
- Suhas
- Suvaprasanna
- Yashpal Chandrakar
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