SJICA: Monotype Marathon XI
Exhibition: June 17 - July 9, 2005
Closing Reception and Auction:
July 9, 5:30 -8
An exhibition of over 125 prints produced in a marathon weekend of Bay Area print workshops.
Gregg Chadwick
"Whispers of Siam"
33"x20" monotype 2005
Notes on the Monotype Process:
Spontaneity characterizes the monotype. A monotype is made by brushing printer's ink or oil paint onto a smooth surface such as glass or a metal plate. The image is then transferred to paper before it dries, using a printing press or other means of pressure.
Because most of the image is transferred in the printing process, only one strong impression can be taken, hence the term monotype (one print). Additional impressions of the residual image are sometimes printed (ghosts). They are significantly fainter than the first pull, yet at times these lighter open images are more successful as works of art.
The personal nature of the monotype suited experimental artists from William Blake to Edgar Degas to Milton Avery.
The English artist William Blake used the monotype process to fashion works of great depth and mystery. Blake's monotypes were created with egg tempera painted onto board, which rendered a textural surface when printed onto paper. Blake would then go back into the works with ink and color to develop the imagery.
William Blake
Pity (color monotype) - 1795
The National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, exhibition from 1997: "Singular Impressions: The Monotype in America" produced an informative video on The Monotype Process.
3 comments:
The Blake and the Chadwick would fit in a show very good together/ next to each other !
"Whispers of Siam" is really great, thx for sharing
Thanks for the informative post Gregg! I have watched this process once before and your work is very much appreciated having seen the issues and complexity that can occur when you need to work so efficiently. Your monotype is just lovely!
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