Preface of Color by Overprinting, Donald E. Cooke, 1955
“The science and study of color have many ramifications, but no aspect is more fascinating than the art of printing.”
“The science and study of color have many ramifications, but no aspect is more fascinating than the art of printing.”
We have been exploring screen printing for over 20 years. In our quest to test and push the boundaries of this medium, we have begun deconstructing its conventions, techniques, and formal structures. This particular untitled, unique book features an original monotype on each page, blurring the line between printing and painting. Since Malevich's Black Square, monochrome has held a strong historical tradition in painting, while in printmaking, the practice remains largely anecdotal.
With this in mind, we approached the monochromes in this book as paintings, where intentional accidents, overlaps, and smudges play a significant role. We used screens and squeegees much like a painter uses a brush, playfully experimenting and revisiting color theory. Each “image” was built layer by layer—adding, erasing, covering, printing light over dark colors, and playing with transparencies—until the monotype achieved the desired depth, intensity, and complexity.
In their abstraction, formalism, and chromatic interest, our series of monotypes nod to the vacuum-sealed aesthetics of minimalism while carrying a wealth of Duchampian allusions, consciously balancing between good and bad taste. One might even ask: Is "less is more" still relevant in the face of a dayglow monochrome?
Sans Titre, screen-print on paper, hard cover, 47 x 34 cm, 32 pages, 2022
Sans Titre, screen-print on paper, hard cover, 47 x 34 cm, 32 pages, 2021
Sans Titre, screen-print on paper, hard cover, 47 x 34 cm, 32 pages, 2021
Sans Titre, screen-print on paper, hard cover, 47 x 34 cm, 32 pages, 2018
Sans Titre, screen-print on paper, hard cover, 47 x 34 cm, 32 pages, 2015
Sans Titre, screen-print on paper, hard cover, 47 x 34 cm, 32 pages, 2015
"Art of the Deal", screen-print on paper, hard cover, 47 x 34 cm, 32 pages, 2019
Sans Titre, screen-print on paper, hard cover, 47 x 34 cm, 32 pages, 2022
"I Wish to Communicate With You", screen-print on paper, hard cover, 47 x 34 cm, 32 pages, 2016