Prints Now: Directions and Definitions [Hardcover]

Gill Saunders (Author), Rosie Miles (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2006

Now encompassing everything from billboards and buttons to clothes, cakes, and shopping bags, printmaking and collecting are among the fastest-growing areas of fine art. The first general survey of contemporary prints to be published in ten years, Prints Now demonstrates the transformation printmaking has undergone over the last two decades. Case studies of artists, new media, and techniques include three-dimensional works like Grayson Perry's ceramics, ephemeral work like Lee Wagstaff's Shroud, and appropriated objects like Renee Green's Commemorative Toile. Illustrated with one hundred wide-ranging examples, the book is not only an invaluable resource, but also a revelation about the potential of this infinitely flexible, infinitely accessible art form.

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About the Author

Gill Saunders and Rosie Miles are curators in the Word & Image department at the V&A. Both are immersed in current printmaking practice and responsible for new acquisitions to the collection.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum (April 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1851774807
• ISBN-13: 978-1851774807
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,287,608 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two Thumbs Up, January 19, 2009

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Printeresting (Inkster, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prints Now: Directions and Definitions (Hardcover)

This book is an invaluable resource... the best contemporary print book (that doesn't focus on the technical side of things).

Saunders and Miles establish a theme for each chapter and then provide artist examples. While not as broad in scope as Linda Weintraub's In the Making, there is a similarity in that categorization isn't guided by technique but by idea. Chapter themes include Print in 3-D (Lynne Allen, Rachel Whiteread), Print as Public Art (Julian Opie), Multiples (Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Damian Hirst), and Community-based Workshops (Virgil Marti, Willie Cole). By breaking up the work thematically, this book gives some framework for viewing current trends in the ever-expansive discipline of printmaking. It's been an invaluable tool in the classroom.

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0 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars positively new directions and definitions, August 28, 2007

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A. E. Conde (Puerto Rico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prints Now: Directions and Definitions (Hardcover)

You can find inside not only new trends,directions and definitions but also new codes ,and innovations.My favorite chapter is:Old Media Made New.

Happy reading!