
Contact: Art and the Pull of Print
A leading art historian presents a new grammar for understanding the meaning and significance of print
In process and technique, printmaking is an art of physical contact. From woodcut and engraving to lithography and screenprinting, every print is the record of a contact event: the transfer of an image between surfaces, under pressure, followed by release. Contact reveals how the physical properti...
A leading art historian presents a new grammar for understanding the meaning and significance of print
In process and technique, printmaking is an art of physical contact. From woodcut and engraving to lithography and screenprinting, every print is the record of a contact event: the transfer of an image between surfaces, under pressure, followed by release. Contact reveals how the physical properti...