Glossary
Silkscreen

Silkscreen

Silkscreen printing, also known as silk-screening or serigraphy, is a printing technique that uses a tightly stretched mesh or screen.

Silkscreen printing, also known as silk-screening or serigraphy, is a stencil-based printmaking technique. It begins by tightly stretching a woven fabric, nowadays usually synthetic, over a wooden frame to form a screen. Any portions of the screen not intended for the image are blocked using various stencil techniques. To create the print, a squeegee is employed to push ink through the open areas of the screen directly onto paper. Screen Prints are known for their striking, well-defined regions of flat, unvaried colour.

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Postmodernism, often viewed as a reaction against the structured and foundational theories of modernism, is a complex, multi-faceted movement that emerged in the mid to late 20th century. Characterized by skepticism, irony, and a penchant for questioning authority, Postmodernism delves into issues of truth, narrative, and the construction of reality.

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Lost in Time V1 NFT Auction

George Condo offers an unsettling glimpse into the realities of the human psyche.Absurd yet familiar, Portrait And Head portrays intangible emotional states. Condo stylistically reconfigures techniques from 20th Century masters including Picasso and de Kooning, describing his sampling as ‘Psychological Cubism’. The portrait obscures human features amongst geometric gestures, cementing a multidimensional perspective on human emotion.“Picasso painted a violin from four different perspectives at one time. I do the same with psychological states. Four of them can occur simultaneously. Like glimpsing a bus with one passenger howling over a joke they’re hearing down the phone, someone else asleep, someone else crying.”One of three limited edition prints launched in support of Dia Art Foundation, Condo’s painting has been meticulously translated into a 33 colour silkscreen in close collaboration with artisan printmakers at Make-Ready in London.

Lost in Time V1 NFT Auction
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Lost in Time [template]

George Condo offers an unsettling glimpse into the realities of the human psyche.Absurd yet familiar, Portrait And Head portrays intangible emotional states. Condo stylistically reconfigures techniques from 20th Century masters including Picasso and de Kooning, describing his sampling as ‘Psychological Cubism’. The portrait obscures human features amongst geometric gestures, cementing a multidimensional perspective on human emotion.“Picasso painted a violin from four different perspectives at one time. I do the same with psychological states. Four of them can occur simultaneously. Like glimpsing a bus with one passenger howling over a joke they’re hearing down the phone, someone else asleep, someone else crying.”One of three limited edition prints launched in support of Dia Art Foundation, Condo’s painting has been meticulously translated into a 33 colour silkscreen in close collaboration with artisan printmakers at Make-Ready in London.

Lost in Time [template]

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