Critical Mass: Printmaking Beyond the Edge

Critical Mass: Printmaking Beyond the Edge by Noyce, Richard. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781408109397.

This book provides a broad and challenging source of information on the most exciting cutting-edge developments in international printmaking. It showcases the diverse work of fifty-two artists from twenty-eight countries, exploring the mediums used by these artists—from new variations on traditional intaglio and relief techniques to extreme forms of digital techniques, including time-based forms such as film and multimedia presentation. Printmaking continues to evolve, and artists develop traditional techniques while experimenting with new methods and materials. Critical Mass also explores how their craft is evolving the role and function of art in an increasingly technological global society as the boundaries between the distinct fields of the visual arts have become blurred, and growing numbers of artists now incorporate printmaking techniques within their practice. List of Artists Included: ARGENTINA Mirta Kupferminc AUSTRALIA Geraldine Berkemeier; Jan Davis; Leonie Lane; Shelagh Morgan AUSTRIA Michael Wegerer BELGIUM Kikie Crevecoeur BARBADOS/CANADA Joscelyn Gardner CANADA Liz Ingram CROATIA Lina Rica CZECH REPUBLIC Helena Horalkova DENMARK Klavs Weiss ENGLAND Ana Maria Pacheco; Janet Curley Cannon; Marcus Rees Roberts; Sandy Sykes GERMANY Bodo Korsig GREECE Joanna Pavlopoulou; Konstantinos Kissas; Xenophon Sachinis HOLLAND Christina Hallstrom ITALY Chiara Giorgetti LATVIA Guntars Sietins LITHUANIA Aiste Morkvenaite (Ai Mo); Aukse Petruliene; Egle Kuckaite; Ruta Spelskyte NEW ZEALAND Marian Maguire; Michael Reed POLAND Ksawery Kaliski; Malgorzata ‘Malwina’ Niespodziewana PORTUGAL/BRAZIL Michael Walker SERBIA Jelena Sredanovic SLOVAKIA Igor Benca SOUTH AFRICA Diane Victor SOUTH KOREA Jeoung Eun (Angela) Lim; Myeong-goog Jung SPAIN Anne Heyvaert; Jesus Pastor; Marina Nunez; Moises Yagues Fernandez TURKEY Ardan Ozmenoglu USA Curtis William Readel; Joan Hall; Michael Barnes; Nathaniel Stern; Patricia Olynyk; Tom Huck WALES Brian Jones; Gaia Persico; Paul Croft, Amy Sterly