Glenda Cinquegrana Art Consulting is proud to present
Lithography versus Silkscreen as artistic mediums
Mimmo Rotella, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Alexander Calder, Antonio Calderara, Camille Greaser, Claes Oldenburg, Man Ray, Peter Phillips, Andy Warhol e Verena Loewensberg
From June 20th, 2024 to June 30th, 2024.
“Surely, there will always be those who will look only at the technique and ask ‘how,’ while others of a more curious nature will ask ‘why.’ ”. Quote by Man Ray, stage name of Emmanuel Radnitzky, in “In Praise of Experimentation,” 1970.
Glenda Cinquegrana Art Consulting is proud to present an OVR dedicated to the gallery’s works made with printmaking techniques. An exclusive online exhibition taking place on our page on Artsy, featuring some goodies and rarities by some influential Italian and international artists such as Alexander Calder, Antonio Calderara, Camille Greaser, Verena Loewensberg, Claes Oldenburg, Peter Phillips, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Man Ray, Mimmo Rotella, Andy Warhol. All the works we present in this OVR have the process of making them in common, namely printing. It is a process called graphic art at the time of its birth in the 15th century, and it is still considered a unique and original act since the multiple print runs are limited and signed by the artist.
“Art is made of the best, art is one of the highest achievements of the spirit. Art is a man’s gift to men, and even if not all men understand it does not matter, it matters instead that there is at least one who understands, even if that one is only the one who gives.” C.1976 phrase by Antonio Calderara, reported at “Casa Museo Antonio and Carmela Calderara” in Vacciago on Lake Orta.
In this collection we have in particular the printing techniques of serigraphy and lithography. The former uses a frame and stretched fabric to transfer ink through open areas of the fabric onto a surface, often used for textiles, glass and plastics. This is the case with the works mentioned here by Antonio Calderara, Peter Phillips, Camille Greaser, and Verena Loewensberg.
Lithography is based on the incompatibility of water and grease: an oily drawing is made on a limestone or metal plate, moistened with water, and then the ink sticks only to the drawn areas, which is ideal for printing books, posters and artwork.This is instead used in the case of works by Michelangelo Pistoletto, Man Ray, Claes Oldenburg and Mimmo Rotella.
Serigraphs have more texture and color density than lithographs because of the way they are made, but both of these techniques are encapsulated under the definition of photomechanical work, the photographic generation of an image.
