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Friday, September 23, 2011
Review a print on mikeperrystudio.com
Choose a print (or two) from the Pulled project website (www.mikeperrystudio.com). Discuss why you are interested in it and how it expands your notions of screen printing.
The print I chose is called “Reaching” and it is a 1-color screen print with an Edition of 30 and is 18 × 24 inches. There are a few reasons why I was drawn to this particular print. The first was because of the sheer simplicity of color and design represented in this piece. I love colors and I appreciate artists who have a firm grasp on and understanding of color and color theory (and I myself struggle with colors a whole lot, so I give mad props to anyone who doesn’t). However, in screen printing I can get a little overwhelmed because the majority of the time everything is bright colors and vivid shapes and it can get a little garish, if only for me. There is something really refreshing and relaxing about a design in simple black and white and I think “Reaching” achieves a simplicity that isn’t boring or bland. I also love prints that don’t have set boarders. In this piece, the images are not bracketed in by edges inside the paper. The sky is an organic and flowing shape that peaks through the paper, suggesting endless sky behind the white. The hand also goes all the way to the end of the page, again reinforcing the “endless” quality given to the print. The strongest way that this piece expands my notion of screen printing is by its style. The lines are so slender and so perfect; I don’t know how the artist got it so crisp. If I hadn’t read that it was a screen print, I would have assumed it was an ink drawing done by hand. And I’ve said it before, but I guess it bears repeating: I love that screen printing allows for so many different styles now. You can essentially do whatever you want and do it over and over again and that is just so awesome.
I chose "Off-Register" which is a 4-color screen print on archival paper 24 by 30 inches. I chose it because I first of all liked the title since I have trouble with registration and also because I liked the color palette. It is black with turquoise and pink in it. It is abstract which I usually don't like but I found it cool in this piece. All the different patterns make it a piece I could look at for hours cause there will always be something new to look at. It's interesting that you can tell it is this artist because it looks like his other work but at the same time doe snot have the same exact things in the piece. I like that auteur aspect of it.
I chose two prints that caught my eye. The first is called "H.S.P (Extra)," which is a 5-color silkscreen print. The displacement of colors is one of the things I love about this piece. They are all over the place and overlap each other, yet it fits with the print because shapes are sporadic also. The amount of shapes intertwine and provides the viewer with confusion. I like that the shapes are not symmetrical and provides this kiddish quality that just displays the artist had fun producing it. The second print I chose is called "Space Scape," which is a 1-color hand painted screen print. This print also caught my eye due to the spurts of color seen throughout the series. I especially like the print up-close/enlarged because the detail is magnified, especially on the different circles. Both these prints display color sporadically and allows the art to pop. These works expand my notion of screen printing through the use of lines and color, where the lines and shapes are exact and precise.
I looked at the work titled "We are the Infinity of Each Other." Even though the work is technically a painting, the artist used a silk screen to create it. The image is completely abstract and full of bright swashes of color on a black background. On top of that is the screen print, a translucent black texture which suggests images of eyes. The work is so unusual and beautiful, it is completely unlike what I expect to see when I think of screen printing, and that really appeals to me. When I think of screen printing, I think of a very narrow use of application, but this work challenges that notion. Screen printing doesn't need to be graphic or representational, and you don't have to be able to distinguish it's application from another media. It's able to exist as another way to layer texture.
I chose two screen prints from Mike Perry’s web site. The first one was not exactly for the skill, its rather simple, but I felt very drawn to the color and the design. It was for a show called Public Works and it was a collaborative effort to draw attention to community and culture. Anyways… the print is mostly white, with an offset spot of pink, with blue drippiness on top, and on top of that a black design. The next print that I liked was a picture of one of his friends, Ann, and he screen printed one of his trademark designs overtop of the picture. Even though the screen print process itself does not seem difficult in this piece, I really enjoy the idea of printing on top of a blown up, regular picture, I would not have thought of that. At first glance the sheet of paper being held up looked like cloth to me, but then I realized that it was only an illusion of the actual picture. Worth taking a look at.
Even though I did not really connected to any of the prints that are on Mike Perry's web site, I thought that the print called "The dust from space" was interesting as it deals with time and has writing on it which I would be interested in using at some point. moreover, the way the the hour glass is placed is critical to me as I like the fact that it is receding back to space. Also, the way the artist has created and placed the broken glass is something else that adds to the composition. Another piece that I kiked was the "Franklin Ave" poster. I did not connect with it as much aesthetically, but I thought it was cool because of all the detail and really thin lines the artist has integrated. I would like to be able and add this kind of detail to my prints if my composition would allow something like that.
I really enjoy Andy Mueller's work, specifically his prints Criss Cross, Paint City, and Bus. I love the simplicity of these prints. Criss Cross is a 3 color print that has two colors intersecting. The two colors are imitating the space that scissors would create while cutting out paper and at the end of each point are the scissors. It's simple yet clever. I love his other two prints because they combine photo realism with abstraction. They have this flat graphic quality in part of the image, but also realistic images as well. It's simple and clean. His style is completely uncluttered and I dig that. I think it's genius how Mueller utilizes the graphic flat quality that screen printing has, yet he still gives them depth and shape through his different techniques.
I was drawn to Perry’s “American Cancer Society” print. I felt like this print best related to the project that we are working on now. There are seven colors that are used in the print. All are outlined with thin black lines. For my print I was planning on using six or more colors and only use one screen, but blocking out areas. The text explained that it is a hand painted silk screen- this is amazing to me simply because the print is so detailed with very thin lines. At first I would automatically assume that is was made through photo emulsion. For my print I will be using photo emulsion and then block out sections to have colors show through. It would have been nice if I could find a little more background of how this print was created and the processes that were used to lay down each color. I guess I am still confused of how I should block out certain areas without messing up other areas.
I really enjoy the print "Legs" on the last page of the "Prints" section. This struck my eye at first glance because of the way color is used in this piece. The color is not graphic and bold, but appears to almost look like marker or colored pencil. I'm curious how the artist got the ink to register in this way, perhaps it was a different kind of ink or just a thinned down version of what we use. The color itself has texture and appears faded in some areas. This adds depth to the screen print that isn't seen within a lot of prints. I also enjoy the print "Skull Tree" located on the last page of "Prints". This image is impeccably done, the use of color and line is very precise, and the quality is very bold and graphic. The registration for this image is spot on, unlike the "Legs" image. I enjoy the zoomed in shot of "Skull Tree", it appears there is some texture that looks like halftone, and I really enjoy that quality. I look forward to better understanding how to make textures within your print using color.
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The print I chose is called “Reaching” and it is a 1-color screen print with an Edition of 30 and is 18 × 24 inches. There are a few reasons why I was drawn to this particular print. The first was because of the sheer simplicity of color and design represented in this piece. I love colors and I appreciate artists who have a firm grasp on and understanding of color and color theory (and I myself struggle with colors a whole lot, so I give mad props to anyone who doesn’t). However, in screen printing I can get a little overwhelmed because the majority of the time everything is bright colors and vivid shapes and it can get a little garish, if only for me. There is something really refreshing and relaxing about a design in simple black and white and I think “Reaching” achieves a simplicity that isn’t boring or bland. I also love prints that don’t have set boarders. In this piece, the images are not bracketed in by edges inside the paper. The sky is an organic and flowing shape that peaks through the paper, suggesting endless sky behind the white. The hand also goes all the way to the end of the page, again reinforcing the “endless” quality given to the print. The strongest way that this piece expands my notion of screen printing is by its style. The lines are so slender and so perfect; I don’t know how the artist got it so crisp. If I hadn’t read that it was a screen print, I would have assumed it was an ink drawing done by hand. And I’ve said it before, but I guess it bears repeating: I love that screen printing allows for so many different styles now. You can essentially do whatever you want and do it over and over again and that is just so awesome.
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I chose "Off-Register" which is a 4-color screen print on archival paper 24 by 30 inches. I chose it because I first of all liked the title since I have trouble with registration and also because I liked the color palette. It is black with turquoise and pink in it. It is abstract which I usually don't like but I found it cool in this piece. All the different patterns make it a piece I could look at for hours cause there will always be something new to look at. It's interesting that you can tell it is this artist because it looks like his other work but at the same time doe snot have the same exact things in the piece. I like that auteur aspect of it.
I chose two prints that caught my eye. The first is called "H.S.P (Extra)," which is a 5-color silkscreen print. The displacement of colors is one of the things I love about this piece. They are all over the place and overlap each other, yet it fits with the print because shapes are sporadic also. The amount of shapes intertwine and provides the viewer with confusion. I like that the shapes are not symmetrical and provides this kiddish quality that just displays the artist had fun producing it. The second print I chose is called "Space Scape," which is a 1-color hand painted screen print. This print also caught my eye due to the spurts of color seen throughout the series. I especially like the print up-close/enlarged because the detail is magnified, especially on the different circles. Both these prints display color sporadically and allows the art to pop. These works expand my notion of screen printing through the use of lines and color, where the lines and shapes are exact and precise.
I looked at the work titled "We are the Infinity of Each Other." Even though the work is technically a painting, the artist used a silk screen to create it. The image is completely abstract and full of bright swashes of color on a black background. On top of that is the screen print, a translucent black texture which suggests images of eyes. The work is so unusual and beautiful, it is completely unlike what I expect to see when I think of screen printing, and that really appeals to me. When I think of screen printing, I think of a very narrow use of application, but this work challenges that notion. Screen printing doesn't need to be graphic or representational, and you don't have to be able to distinguish it's application from another media. It's able to exist as another way to layer texture.
I chose two screen prints from Mike Perry’s web site. The first one was not exactly for the skill, its rather simple, but I felt very drawn to the color and the design. It was for a show called Public Works and it was a collaborative effort to draw attention to community and culture. Anyways… the print is mostly white, with an offset spot of pink, with blue drippiness on top, and on top of that a black design. The next print that I liked was a picture of one of his friends, Ann, and he screen printed one of his trademark designs overtop of the picture. Even though the screen print process itself does not seem difficult in this piece, I really enjoy the idea of printing on top of a blown up, regular picture, I would not have thought of that. At first glance the sheet of paper being held up looked like cloth to me, but then I realized that it was only an illusion of the actual picture. Worth taking a look at.
Even though I did not really connected to any of the prints that are on Mike Perry's web site, I thought that the print called "The dust from space" was interesting as it deals with time and has writing on it which I would be interested in using at some point. moreover, the way the the hour glass is placed is critical to me as I like the fact that it is receding back to space. Also, the way the artist has created and placed the broken glass is something else that adds to the composition. Another piece that I kiked was the "Franklin Ave" poster. I did not connect with it as much aesthetically, but I thought it was cool because of all the detail and really thin lines the artist has integrated. I would like to be able and add this kind of detail to my prints if my composition would allow something like that.
I really enjoy Andy Mueller's work, specifically his prints Criss Cross, Paint City, and Bus. I love the simplicity of these prints. Criss Cross is a 3 color print that has two colors intersecting. The two colors are imitating the space that scissors would create while cutting out paper and at the end of each point are the scissors. It's simple yet clever. I love his other two prints because they combine photo realism with abstraction. They have this flat graphic quality in part of the image, but also realistic images as well. It's simple and clean. His style is completely uncluttered and I dig that. I think it's genius how Mueller utilizes the graphic flat quality that screen printing has, yet he still gives them depth and shape through his different techniques.
I was drawn to Perry’s “American Cancer Society” print. I felt like this print best related to the project that we are working on now. There are seven colors that are used in the print. All are outlined with thin black lines. For my print I was planning on using six or more colors and only use one screen, but blocking out areas. The text explained that it is a hand painted silk screen- this is amazing to me simply because the print is so detailed with very thin lines. At first I would automatically assume that is was made through photo emulsion. For my print I will be using photo emulsion and then block out sections to have colors show through. It would have been nice if I could find a little more background of how this print was created and the processes that were used to lay down each color. I guess I am still confused of how I should block out certain areas without messing up other areas.
I really enjoy the print "Legs" on the last page of the "Prints" section. This struck my eye at first glance because of the way color is used in this piece. The color is not graphic and bold, but appears to almost look like marker or colored pencil. I'm curious how the artist got the ink to register in this way, perhaps it was a different kind of ink or just a thinned down version of what we use. The color itself has texture and appears faded in some areas. This adds depth to the screen print that isn't seen within a lot of prints. I also enjoy the print "Skull Tree" located on the last page of "Prints". This image is impeccably done, the use of color and line is very precise, and the quality is very bold and graphic. The registration for this image is spot on, unlike the "Legs" image. I enjoy the zoomed in shot of "Skull Tree", it appears there is some texture that looks like halftone, and I really enjoy that quality. I look forward to better understanding how to make textures within your print using color.
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