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Description: | There are is a relatively small number of screenprints in the Art Collection. These span the whole period of the Art Collection from early works, such as 'Marine', a collaborative piece by Ian Hamilton Finlay and Patrick Caulfield printed in 1968, to works created in the 21st Century.
The process of screenprinting involves blocking off parts of a woven mesh, either by using an ink-blocking stencil or by coating the mesh with an impermeable substance. Ink is forced through the areas of mesh left open, creating a sharp-edged image on the paper.
Its popularity among artists began in the 1960s, although the technique is older, and it became the predominant printmaking technique in the 1960s and 1970s.
Although there is only a relatively small collection of screen prints in the Art Collection the majority are by significant artists. Some are well known for their screenprints, for example Pop artist Patrick Caulfield and abstract artist Michael Challenger. For abstract artists such as Challenger, Frost, Denny, Hoyland and Knowles screenprinting offered an ideal medium for their geometric works, which resisted narrative.
Other artists have used the medium to produce artworks which are not essentially abstract, for example John Houston’s expressionistic 'Dark Sunsest V' and Willie Rodger’s figurative 'Again' series.
Although the popularity of screen printing as a medium was at its height in the 1960s and 1970s, it has remained in use by artists, although is not often the main medium of an artist. For example Frances Walker uses a wide range of techniques including painting, drawing and various printing methods, including screenprinting. Wilhelmina Barns-Graham is another artist for who screen printing was not always the predominant medium. Well known as a painter from the 1940s, Barns-Graham only began printmaking later in life. Although she did make prints in other mediums, she mainly concentrated on screen prints. This technique allowed her to play with colour, movement and form, the elements that had always been important within her work. Barns-Graham continued to paint alongside printmaking and it is possible to see how the two techniques informed the development of her art in each medium. | Subjects: | Fine Art | Source: | University of Stirling | Address: | University of Stirling
Stirling,
FK9 4LA | Identifier: | STIAC-CLD.2.1.b | Language: | en-GB | Relation: | STIMR-CLD.2.1 |
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