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Book Description
David Driskell approaches printmaking as an experiment, an improvisation. Rather than hand his drawings over to master printers for translation into print
runs in the hundreds or thousands, Driskell (b. 1931) loves going into the print studio and creating artist’s prints one at a time--carving the blocks for woodcuts and linoleum cuts, drawing directly on lithographic stones and
etching plates, then finding ways to vary the inking and printing process so that each print comes off the press a bit differently.
Organized by the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture
of African Americans and the African Diaspora, a traveling exhibition of Driskell's prints will convey the range of his output, from seemingly simple black-and-white portraits to brilliantly colored figures, landscapes, still
lifes, and abstract designs. “Evolution”, the catalog for that exhibition, includes essays by three scholars in the field of African American art and a comprehensive checklist of all of the prints produced by the artist to 2007.
Product Details
Hardcover: 128 pages
Publisher: Pomegranate Communications (September 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0764942042
ISBN-13: 978-0764942044
Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.3 x 0.8 inches
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