“Listen – I’m a sculptor – I know nothing about printmaking …”
In the second in our series of interviews exploring collaborative relationships Katherine Oliver interviews sculptor Willard Boepple and printmaker Kip…
Appreciating David Hockney Prints
David Hockney (b.1937) is perhaps one of the most famed and influential British artists to exist within the 20th and…
Roy Lichtenstein Prints – The Landscapes
Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) was an artist engaged in American Pop Art and was born in New York to an upper-middle…
The Art of Printmaking
Printmaking An artistic process based on the principle of transferring images from a matrix onto another surface, printmaking most often…
The Woodcuts of Helen Frankenthaler
Born on the 12th December 1928 in New York, Helen Frankenthaler was a very popular, prolific American artist in the…
Jim Dine Prints – The Printmaker
Jim Dine Prints Born in 1935 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jim Dine became one of the most prolific of all the…
Is Modern Art Valid?
Love it or hate it, modern art can certainly divide opinion. After all, when it comes to art these…
When Modern Art became Contemporary Art
In the first of a series of short essays exploring artistic movements, we look at the definitions of ‘Modern Art’…
Neo-Dadaism Art: What’s it all about?
Recognition of Neo-Dadaism Neo-Dadaism certainly holds its own in the art world for many years although perhaps it is not…
Abstract Expressionism: What is it and when did it become popular?
Abstract Expressionism was a broad movement that swept across America in the latter part of the 1940s and became very…
“If it’s not going to be fun, there’s no point doing it”
Printmaking is all about collaboration. Trust, understanding, intuition, and a sprinkling of magic between artist and printmaker is crucial; many…
Can Contemporary Art Really Be Defined?
For many people, deciding on a perfect definition for what contemporary art actually is can be somewhat of a…